anesthetic

Definition of Anesthetic in English :

a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations

2. anaesthetic, anesthetic

relating to or producing insensibility

3. anaesthetic, anesthetic

characterized by insensibility

Example Sentences:
'the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic'
'an anesthetic state'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Anesthetic

noun, adjective

the usual US spelling of anaesthetic

adjective

1.

relating to, with, or characterized by anesthesia

2.

producing anesthesia

noun

3.

a drug, gas, etc. used to produce anesthesia, as before surgery

adj.

1. Relating to or resembling anesthesia.

2. Causing anesthesia.

3. Insensitive.

n.

1. An agent that causes loss of sensation with or without the loss of consciousness.

2. Something likened to this in effect: For some people watching television is an anesthetic for the mind.