etherize
verb/ˈiːθəɹaɪz/
Etymology From ether + -ize. Compare French éthériser.
1
To convert into ether.
- etherize a spirit
2
Historical To anesthesize by means of ether (diethyl ether), often by inhalation.
- to etherize a patient
- Let us go then, you and I, / When the evening is spread out against the sky / Like a patient etherized upon a table; […]1915 June, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, in Prufrock and Other Observations, London: The Egoist […], published 1917, →OCLC, page 9:
- Derived terms
- etherization, etherizer