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Meaning of Anesthetic | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk

Definitions

A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.

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Examples

“After a local anesthetic is applied to the eye, do not rub or wipe the eye until the anesthetic has worn off and feeling in the eye returns.”
“Modern anesthetics can be divided into several different groups according to how and where they act to reduce pain. During premedication, the anesthetist may give a patient drugs that make him or her feel relaxed and drowsy before the actual general anesthetic is administered.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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