Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person specially trained to administer anesthetics.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who administers anesthetics.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before the patient is treated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who gives an
anesthetic .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated
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Examples
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One of the best known doctors in the country has chosen a special trained nurse to act as his anesthetist, that is, she accompanies him and assists in giving his patient the anesthetic when he is about to perform an operation.
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To meet this requirement, B. C.'s Perinatal Health Program recommends that all four Level 3 hospitals have a full-time, on-call anesthetist dedicated for obstetrics.
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To meet this requirement, B. C.'s Perinatal Health Program recommends that all four Level 3 hospitals have a full-time, on-call anesthetist dedicated for obstetrics.
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In her case, Marquis, 53, imagined herself in a field near a beach — which her anesthetist began describing by whispering into her ear about 10 minutes before surgery.
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#606 Gary-and how does finding out the name of the CRNA or MD anesthetist determine that?
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And my history to the anesthetist and my body to surgeons.
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The nurse-anesthetist offered to gently wake me up for the last few minutes so I could watch the action on the nearby monitor—an offer I politely declined.
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Dr. Fabienne Roelants, Marquis' anesthetist, described hypnosis as a modified state of consciousness.
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Struggling to establish a consultant practice in neurology, Cox supplemented his income by working as an anesthetist.
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She's studying to become a nurse anesthetist, a job that can pay well over $100,000 per year.
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