He went under the anæsthetic holding tight on to himself so that he would not blab about anything during the silly, talky time.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
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Merriam-Webster
— chiefly British spellings of ANESTHESIA , ANESTHESIOLOGIST , ANESTHESIOLOGY , ANESTHETIC , ANESTHETIZE , ANESTHETIST
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Macmillan
— a drug or gas that is given to someone before a medical operation to stop them feeling pain. An anaesthetic that affects the whole of your body by making you unconscious is called a general anaesthetic and an anaesthetic that affects only a part of your body is called a local anaesthetic
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anaesthetics
anesthethic