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anesthetics

noun as in sleep-inducing or numbing drug

noun as in sleep-inducer

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Example Sentences

The Times of London reports that Iran is running short of anesthetics.

You noticed an operating table in the center of the room and in a corner a little stand for anesthetics.

The mortality of childbirth has been reduced to about one-fifth of what it was by the introduction of antiseptics and anesthetics.

Every nerve was tense as if he were awaiting an operation without anesthetics.

A number of the anesthetics are irritating for the skin; chloroform in particular.

The organism destroys most local anesthetics so rapidly that the rate of absorption is more important than the absolute dose.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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