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ANESTHETIC AGENT

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• ANESTHETIC AGENT (noun)
The noun ANESTHETIC AGENT has 1 sense:

1. a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations

Familiarity information: ANESTHETIC AGENT used as a noun is very rare.

• ANESTHETIC AGENT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

anaesthetic; anaesthetic agent; anesthetic; anesthetic agent

Hypernyms ("anesthetic agent" is a kind of...):

drug (a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anesthetic agent"):

general anaesthetic; general anesthetic (an anesthetic that anesthetizes entire body and causes loss of consciousness)

intravenous anesthetic (an anesthetic that produces anesthesia when injected into the circulatory system)

local; local anaesthetic; local anesthetic; topical anaesthetic; topical anesthetic (anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body)

spinal anaesthetic; spinal anesthetic (an anesthetic that is injected into the spine)

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