Anesthetic Synonyms, Anesthetic Antonyms

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Example Sentences

The dentist may apply a topical anesthetic to numb the area before beginning the procedure.

In antiquity, the mandrake's root and berry were used widely as an anesthetic.

Thus the notion that there is a single molecular mechanism of action for all anesthetic agents is probably an oversimplification.

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The dentist may apply a topical anesthetic to numb the area before beginning the procedure.

In antiquity, the mandrake's root and berry were used widely as an anesthetic.

Thus the notion that there is a single molecular mechanism of action for all anesthetic agents is probably an oversimplification.

It's not the anesthetic humor that makes days go by easier, it's humor that heightens contradictions.

Adults need only a local anesthetic for the procedure, though a general anesthetic is needed for children.

Spicy compound clears the way for an anesthetic to silence pain sensation.

The surgery takes about eight minutes and is performed using only anesthetic eye drops.

The two drugs are barbiturates, but sodium thiopental has been commonly used as an anesthetic in hospitals.

More surprising, they required less anesthetic during surgery.

The half-hour technique is done under local anesthetic.

And he stayed in the operating room until the anesthetic had taken effect.

Lidocaine, an anesthetic agent that traces its history back to cocaine from coca leaves.

Physicians numb the shoulder using local anesthetic and pop it back into place with a sharp jerking motion.

The patient takes a tranquilizer and the urethra is numbed with local anesthetic.

They are usually under huge amounts of medication and/or coming out of an anesthetic.

Until the anesthetic begins to work, you may feel fluid running down the back of your throat and have the need to cough or gag.

But by any other name it would still be gamma hydroxybutyric acid, a liquid depressant with anesthetic qualities.

He did many painful injections of local anesthetic in the thumb.

These challenges have been prompted by a shortage of one of the drugs, sodium thiopental, an anesthetic.

The breathing tube was still fixed in his throat, the anesthetic still wearing off.

Allergic reactions to anesthetic agents are not common.

Procaine is a local anesthetic that is found in penicillin.

Because a local anesthetic is used, discomfort during the procedure is usually minimal.

Some infants were also given nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, a weak anesthetic that diminishes but does not eliminate pain.

First they bubbled the anesthetic gas halothane into four jars of goldfish.

Jackson could have given himself a fatal dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol.

The dose of anesthetic that puts you to sleep is not much smaller than the dose that can kill you.

Metcalfe didn't base the name ethernet on the anesthetic that puts people to sleep.

Stapleton, the hospital's medical director, said the operation was nearing an end when volatile gas in the anesthetic exploded.

During a needle biopsy, there may be some stinging or burning if a local anesthetic is injected.

Regional anesthesia involves the injection of an anesthetic near a nerve bundle to numb a specific region of the body.

Exposure to an anesthetic during labor and delivery did not harm the newborn's brain, a study finds.

Foldes was known for his studies on muscle relaxants, local anesthetic agents, narcotics and myasthenia gravis.

He was an authority on local anesthetics and studied the mechanism of anesthetic drugs on the heart muscle.

Jackson's autopsy report said the use of the anesthetic did not meet professional guidelines.

The anesthetic may burn or sting when first injected.

Schwartzman treats the condition with ketamine, an anesthetic that blocks one of the body's pain receptors.

The drugs are commonly used as the first anesthetic with which to put a patient to sleep for surgical or dental procedures.

Zarins said, he injected a long-acting local anesthetic into the edges of the surgical wound to keep the area numb for hours.

But a new study finds that there is an anesthetic that is not only effective but also easy to administer and safe.

Health officials have blamed reuse of vials of the anesthetic propofol for infecting patients with the incurable liver disease.

Then he injected some local anesthetic into my eye with a thin needle.

After the anesthetic wears off, the area may be sore for about a week.

Local anesthetic is injected into the skin over the area to be biopsied.

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Main Entry:	anesthetic
Part of Speech:

Main Entry:	anesthetic
Part of Speech:

Main Entry:	anesthetic
Part of Speech:

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