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an•es•thet•ic
Pronunciation: (an"us-thet'ik), [key]—
n.
a substance that produces anesthesia, as halothane, procaine, or ether.
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adj.
1. pertaining to or causing physical insensibility:
an anesthetic gas.
2. physically insensitive:
Halothane is used to produce an anesthetic state. Also,anaesthetic.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.