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anesthetize

especially British, ·ٳ·پ

[uh-nes-thi-tahyz]

verb (used with object)

anesthetized, anesthetizing 
  1. to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.



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Other Word Forms

  • anesthetization noun
  • nonanesthetized adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of anesthetize1

1840–50; < Greek Բíٳŧ ( os ) ( anesthetic ) + -ize
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These are meant to be the anesthetizing accompaniment to playlists featuring purveyors of sonic wallpaper made to help your whole body chill out — a vibe-fest, on demand.

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Those latter respondents have presumably been anesthetized, never set foot in the real world or live in a permanent, chemically induced stupor.

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During a search of his home, investigators found a clear vial that tested positive for a drug that could be used to anesthetize a person, Deputy Dist.

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During these checkups, the animals were anesthetized, and the radar system was hung about half a meter above their chest.

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Proulx found something similar in 2018, when he and colleagues injected tracer dyes into the cisterna magna and found they entered the systemic blood more quickly in awake mice than anesthetized ones.

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