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Definition of: anesthetic
(an′is·thet′ik) adjective
1. Pertaining to or like anesthesia.
2. Producing anesthesia; making insensible to pain.
—noun A drug or gas that causes unconsciousness or deadens sensation, as morphine, ether, chloroform, etc. Also spelled anaesthetic.
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