anesthetic

"Most of these smuggled animals will be in a weak condition... some are given sedatives or even mild anesthetic to keep them from moving or making noise," Thanawadee said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Many clinicians point to the paracervical block—a simple, targeted injection of a local anesthetic around the cervix—as a way to greatly reduce pain during IUD insertions.

From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2026

And there’s still lots we don’t know about how these drugs work on the brain, even though thousands of patients undergo a general anesthetic every day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

And on Saturday, she will undergo an anesthetic procedure and examination to fully assess her health and check whether she is suffering from low bone density because of malnutrition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2025

I was always ill after a general anesthetic and didn’t want to brave the dark octopus again.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

There were no antibiotics to fight infectious diseases, no reliable antiseptics or anesthetics for surgeries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

Their findings are detailed in the paper 'Growth in production and environmental deposition of trifluoroacetic acid due to long-lived CFC replacements and anesthetics'.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2026

The reason, its authors wrote, was that “we had no data available on analgesics or possible local anesthetics used during ritual circumcisions in our cohort, so we were unable to address the paracetamol hypothesis directly.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025

The settlement didn’t spell out the specific changes agreed to by the state, including whether anesthetics would be available.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024

But if the doctor did the same procedure without anesthetics in a modern hospital, it would be very cruel indeed.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall