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Anaesthetic

Capable of rendering insensible; as, anaesthetic agents.

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Insensible 84% connected

Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility.

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Insensible 84% connected

Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility.

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Drug 76% connected

To drudge; to toil laboriously.

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Local 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion of space; restricted to one place or region; as, a local custom.

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Anaesthesia 74% connected

Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or appl…

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Anaesthesia 74% connected

Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or appl…

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Anaesthetize 74% connected

To render insensible by an anaesthetic.

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Anaesthetize 74% connected

To render insensible by an anaesthetic.

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Anesthesia 66% connected

Alt. of Anesthetic

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Anesthetic 92% connected

Same as Anaesthesia, Anaesthetic.

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