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Related topics: Drugs, Medicinesan‧aes‧thet‧ic also anesthetic American English
[uncountable and countable]
[uncountable and countable]MD a drug that stops you feeling pain
The operation will have to be done under anaesthetic (=using anaesthetic).
Eye surgery is often performed using a local anaesthetic (=one that only affects a particular area of your body).
The operation will have to be done under anaesthetic (=using anaesthetic).
Eye surgery is often performed using a local anaesthetic (=one that only affects a particular area of your body). —anaesthetic adjective [only before noun]
anaesthetic drugs
anaesthetic drugs