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general anaesthetic

 noun
     
general anaesthetic British English ; general anesthetic American English [uncountable and countable]
a medicine that makes you unconscious during an operation so that you do not feel any pain [↪ local anaesthetic]:
I had the operation done under general anaesthetic.
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