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Antonyms for anesthetics


Grammar : Noun
Spell : an-uh s-thet-ik
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæn əsˈθɛt ɪk



Definition of anesthetics

Origin :
  • alternative spelling of anaesthetic (q.v.). See ae.
  • noun sleep-inducing or numbing drug
  • noun sleep-inducer
Example sentences :
  • This was before the use of anesthetics in surgery, it must be remembered.
  • Extract from : « The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University » by Robert Peter
  • "I thought—He never gave you—anesthetics—" she told herself.
  • Extract from : « Captivity » by M. Leonora Eyles
  • She had written with an awful, awful pain in her heart—and she had lived before the days of anesthetics!
  • Extract from : « Amazing Grace » by Kate Trimble Sharber
  • Volatile medicines—as the anesthetics (ether, chloroform, etc.)—are to be given by the attending surgeon only.
  • Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture
  • Together, without 322 anesthetics, they performed the first operation in thigh amputation ever known in that region.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest » by Eva Emery Dye
  • He had submitted to the painful cutting of two of them without the aid of anesthetics.
  • Extract from : « The Jesuits, 1534-1921 » by Thomas J. Campbell
  • So, it is impossible for the defenders of vivisection to show any good that has been accomplished without the use of anesthetics.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
  • He had nervous attacks, which he soothed with narcotics and anesthetics, which he used freely.
  • Extract from : « Original Short Stories of Maupassant, Volume 1 » by Guy de Maupassant
  • You noticed an operating table in the center of the room and in a corner a little stand for anesthetics.
  • Extract from : « Behind the Scenes in Warring Germany » by Edward Lyell Fox
  • The mortality of childbirth has been reduced to about one-fifth of what it was by the introduction of antiseptics and anesthetics.
  • Extract from : « The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) » by Grant Hague

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