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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
anaesthetic
an·aes·thet·ic [anaesthetic anaesthetics] (especially US an·es·thet·ic)noun, adjective BrE [ˌænəsˈθetɪk] NAmE [ˌænəsˈθetɪk]
noun uncountable, countable
a drug that makes a person or an animal unable to feel anything, especially pain, either in the whole body or in a part of the body
•How long will I be under anaesthetic?
•They gave him a general anaesthetic (= one that makes you become unconscious).
•(a) local anaesthetic (= one that affects only a part of the body)
•We forget what life must have been like without anaesthetics and painkillers.
Word Origin:
mid 19th cent.: from Greek anaisthētos ‘insensible’, related to anaisthēsia, (from an- ‘without’ + aisthēsis ‘sensation’) + ↑-ic.
Example Bank:
•He was given a general anaesthetic.
•It would have to be done under anaesthetic.
•She had a local anaesthetic to stop the pain.
•The anaesthetic began to take effect.
•The operation was completed in ten minutes using only local anaesthetic.
•They had to operate without anaesthetic.
adjective only before noun
containing a substance that makes a person or an animal unable to feel pain in all or part of the body
•an anaesthetic drug/spray
Word Origin:
mid 19th cent.: from Greek anaisthētos ‘insensible’, related to anaisthēsia, (from an- ‘without’ + aisthēsis ‘sensation’) + ↑-ic.
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