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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various anesthetic drugs, usually administered by inhalation or intravenous injection, that produce general anesthesia.
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- noun medicine An anesthetic that causes loss of sensation to the whole body
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- noun an anesthetic that anesthetizes the entire body and causes loss of consciousness
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