1. Adjective
Capable of rendering insensible; as, anaesthetic agents.
2. Adjective
Characterized by, or connected with, insensibility; as, an anaesthetic effect or operation.
3. Noun
That which produces insensibility to pain, as chloroform, ether, etc.
4. Noun
a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations
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