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# anaesthetic

noun (an anaesthetic, anaesthetics); adjective (anaesthetic)

«anaesthetic» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A medicine that stops you feeling pain, given by a doctor or dentist before an operation or treatment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaesthetic/#m1)
2. A local anaesthetic numbs only one part of the body; a general anaesthetic makes you sleep through the whole operation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaesthetic/#m2)
3. (adjective) Causing a loss of feeling: an anaesthetic cream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaesthetic/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life children meet it at the dentist or in hospital; in science and history lessons it shows how medicine made operations safe and painless. Phrases: under anaesthetic, local anaesthetic, general anaesthetic, give an anaesthetic, wear off.

### Examples

- The dentist gave me an anaesthetic before filling my tooth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaesthetic/#x1)
- She was under general anaesthetic during the operation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaesthetic/#x2)
- A local anaesthetic numbed his finger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaesthetic/#x3)
- When the anaesthetic wore off, my mouth felt normal again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaesthetic/#x4)
- Before anaesthetics, operations were very painful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaesthetic/#x5)
- Don't eat until the anaesthetic has worn off, or you may bite your cheek. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaesthetic/#x6)

### Note

Spelling: anaesthetic (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand), anesthetic (US, Canada). The doctor who gives it is an anaesthetist (UK) or anesthesiologist (US). Do not confuse with "aesthetic" (about beauty).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «anaesthetic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaesthetic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«anaesthetic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/anaesthetic.html) on Mova free.