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Anaesthetize

To render insensible by an anaesthetic.

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Block 76% connected

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

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Chloroform 76% connected

A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and an alkali. It is a pow…

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Etherize 76% connected

To convert into ether.

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Freeze 76% connected

A frieze.

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Dose 76% connected

The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.

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Drug 76% connected

To drudge; to toil laboriously.

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Anaesthetic 74% connected

Capable of rendering insensible; as, anaesthetic agents.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Anaesthetic 74% connected

Capable of rendering insensible; as, anaesthetic agents.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Anesthetic 74% connected

Same as Anaesthesia, Anaesthetic.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Anesthetic 74% connected

Same as Anaesthesia, Anaesthetic.

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