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anaesthetics

noun as in sleep-inducing or numbing drug

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Example Sentences

It was before the days of anaesthetics, which relieve all of these inconveniences, and above all, relax the muscles.

He was found of aesthetics and anaesthetics, and his chief interests in life were beauty and his big bills.

The greater number of deaths occur during the administration of anaesthetics, which seem peculiarly dangerous to these subjects.

And so kindly Nature had lessened the pangs he was suffering, and made him able to bear to the end by her own anaesthetics.

The exquisite pain and suffering endured previous to the use of anaesthetics often caused death by exhaustion.

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to anaesthetics, such as: analgesic, anodyne, dope, gas, hypnotic, and narcotic.

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

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