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| Main Entry: |
anesthetic/anaesthetic
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sleep-inducing or numbing drug |
| Synonyms: | analgesic, anodyne, dope*, gas, hypnotic, inhalant, narcotic, opiate, pain-killer, shot, soporific, spinal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | analgesic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pain remover |
| Synonyms: | anesthetic, anodyne, painkiller, soother |
| Notes: | an anesthetic induces insensibility, an analgesic makes you feel no pain, while an anodyne removes your cares |
| Main Entry: | bloodless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfeeling |
| Synonyms: | anesthetic, cold, coldhearted, dull, impassive, indolent, insensible, insensitive, languid, lazy, lifeless, listless, passionless, slow, sluggish, spiritless, torpid, unemotional, unkind |
| Antonyms: | caring, feeling, sensitive |
Example Sentences
- The drugs are commonly used as the first anesthetic with which to put a patient to sleep for surgical or dental procedures.
- Adults need only a local anesthetic for the procedure, though a general anesthetic is needed for children.
- He did many painful injections of local anesthetic in the thumb.
| Main Entry: | hypnotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spellbinding, sleep-inducing |
| Synonyms: | anesthetic, anodyne, calmative, lenitive, mesmeric, mesmerizing, narcotic, opiate, sleepy, somniferous, somnolent, soothing, soporific, soporose, trance-inducing |
| Antonyms: | exciting, exhilarating, inciteful, inspiring, stimulating |
| Main Entry: | medicine/medication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substance that helps cure, alleviate, or prevent illness |
| Synonyms: | anesthetic, antibiotic, antidote, antiseptic, antitoxin, balm, biologic, capsule, cure, dose, drug, elixir, injection, inoculation, liniment, lotion, medicament, ointment, pharmaceutical, pharmacon, physic, pill, potion, prescription, remedy, salve, sedative, serum, tablet, tincture, tonic, vaccination, vaccine |
| Main Entry: | narcotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dulling, painkilling |
| Synonyms: | analgesic, anesthetic, calming, deadening, hypnotic, numbing, opiate, sedative, somnifacient, somnific, somnolent, somnorific, soporiferous, soporific, stupefacient, stupefactive, stupefying |
| Main Entry: | narcotic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | powerful drug inducing anesthesia or sleep |
| Synonyms: | analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, dope*, downer, fix*, hard drug, hard stuff, heroin, hypnotic, junk*, laudanum, lenitive, merchandise*, nepenthe, opiate, opium, painkiller, sedative, somnifacient, soporific, stuff*, stupefacient, tranquilizer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | soporific |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sleepy; sleep-inducing |
| Synonyms: | anesthetic, balmy, calming, deadening, dozy, drowsy, dull, hypnotic, mesmerizing, narcotic, nodding, numbing, opiate, quietening, sedative, slumberous, snoozy, somniferous, somnolent, soothing, tranquilizing |
| Antonyms: | awake, conscious, exciting, invigorating, stimulating |
| Main Entry: | medicine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cure |
| Synonyms: | anesthetic, antibiotic, antidote, antiseptic, antitoxin, balm, biologic, capsule, cure, dose, drug, elixir, injection, inoculation, liniment, lotion, medicament, medication, ointment, pharmaceutical, pharmacon, physic, pill, potion, prescription, remedy, salve, sedative, serum, tablet, tincture, tonic, vaccination, vaccine |
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