anesthetize
verb
anes·the·tize
ə-ˈnes-thə-ˌtīz 
British -ˈnēs-
anesthetized; anesthetizing
: to subject to anesthesia
Examples of anesthetize in a Sentence
The doctor anesthetized the patient by an intravenous injection.
She was anesthetized before the operation.
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While the insect is anesthetized with CO2, an ultra-thin silver wire is inserted into each cerci – taillike sensory appendages (picture the tail end of an earwig or cricket) – as well as into each antennae and a tiny hole cut into its second abdominal segment.
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Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
Increasing blessedness tends to anesthetize personality, but, especially in Hell, Dante’s characters are irreducible individuals, vivid and particular.
—Elisa Gonzalez, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
The standard screening test for colon cancer is through colonoscopy, but this can require patients to go through unpleasant bowel preparation and to then be anesthetized during the medical procedure.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Once in the operating room, everything was planned, Gottlieb said, including how the staff maintained calm and stayed positive, especially as Gottlieb and her team were anesthetizing the girls.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Sep. 2024
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Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
Increasing blessedness tends to anesthetize personality, but, especially in Hell, Dante’s characters are irreducible individuals, vivid and particular.
—Elisa Gonzalez, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
The standard screening test for colon cancer is through colonoscopy, but this can require patients to go through unpleasant bowel preparation and to then be anesthetized during the medical procedure.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Once in the operating room, everything was planned, Gottlieb said, including how the staff maintained calm and stayed positive, especially as Gottlieb and her team were anesthetizing the girls.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Anesthetize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anesthetize. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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anesthetize
verb
anes·the·tize
ə-ˈnes-thə-ˌtīz
anesthetized; anesthetizing
: to make insensible to pain especially by the use of an anesthetic
Medical Definition
anesthetize
transitive verb
anes·the·tize
variants
or chiefly British anaesthetize
also anaesthetise
anesthetized or chiefly British anesthetized also anesthetised; anesthetizing or chiefly British anesthetizing also anesthetising
: to subject to anesthesia
anesthetization
noun
or chiefly British anaesthetization
also anaesthetisation
ə-ˌnes-thət-ə-ˈzā-shən, British -ˌnēs-
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