anaesthetise

See also: anæsthetise

English

Alternative forms

• anaesthetize

Verb

anaesthetise (third-person singular simple present anaesthetises, present participle anaesthetising, simple past and past participle anaesthetised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anesthetize.
   • 1905, William Gilman Thompson, Practical dietetics: With Special Reference to Diet in Diseases, page 524:

     The retching may be overcome by painting or spraying the pharynx with a 2- or 4-per-cent solution of cocain, or, as Stewart recommends, by allowing the patient to swallow a few drops of the solution, to anaesthetise the oesophagus.

   • 2007, Linda Davies, Into the Fire, Twenty First Century Publishers Ltd, page 84:

     But now she was freed of the daily slavery of the office, and she no longer needed to drink to accompany Roddy, or to anaesthetise herself to his friends.

Derived terms

• overanaesthetise
• preanaesthetised
• reanaesthetised
• unanaesthetised