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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun etc. See anesthetic, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of rendering insensible.
  • adjective Characterized by, or connected with, insensibility.
  • noun (Med.) That which produces insensibility to pain, as chloroform, ether, etc.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Alternative spelling of anaesthetic.
  • noun Alternative spelling of anaesthetic.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective relating to or producing insensibility
  • adjective characterized by insensibility
  • noun a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations

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