anesthetize
51Leech — /leech/, n. Margaret, 1893 1974, U.S. historian, novelist, and biographer. * * * Any annelid worm of the class Hirudinea (about 300 known species), with a small sucker containing the mouth at the front end and a large sucker at the back end.… …
52therapeutics — /ther euh pyooh tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of medicine concerned with the remedial treatment of disease. [1665 75; see THERAPEUTIC, ICS] * * * Treatment and care to combat disease or alleviate pain or injury. Its tools include… …
53anaerobiosis — Existence in an oxygen free atmosphere. [G. an priv. + aer, air, + biosis, way of living] * * * an·aero·bi·o·sis .an ə rō (.)bī ō səs, bē ; .an .a( ə)r ō , .e( ə)r n, pl o·ses .sēz life in the absence of air or free oxygen Each boldface word in… …
54freeze — frēz vb, froze frōz; fro·zen frōz ən; freez·ing vi 1) to become hardened into a solid (as ice) by loss of heat 2 a) to become chilled with cold <almost froze to death> b) to anesthetize a part esp. by cold vt …
55dope — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hint, information; informal, drug, stimulant; slang, dunce. See remedy, ignorance, drugs. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A drug] Syn. narcotic, opiate, controlled substance; see drug 2 . 2. [Pertinent… …
56cocainise — verb anesthetize with cocaine • Syn: ↑cocainize • Derivationally related forms: ↑cocain, ↑cocain (for: ↑cocainize) • Hypernyms: ↑anesthetize, ↑ …
57cocainize — verb anesthetize with cocaine • Syn: ↑cocainise • Derivationally related forms: ↑cocain (for: ↑cocainise), ↑cocain • Hypernyms: ↑anesthetize, ↑ …
58etherise — verb anesthetize with ether • Syn: ↑etherize • Derivationally related forms: ↑ether (for: ↑etherize) • Hypernyms: ↑anesthetize, ↑anaesthetize, ↑ …
59anaesthetise — chiefly British variant of anesthetize …
60chloralose — noun Date: 1893 a bitter crystalline compound C8H11Cl3O6 used especially to anesthetize animals …
