"anaesthetic" in the noun sense
1. anesthetic, anaesthetic, anesthetic agent, anaesthetic agent
a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations
"anaesthetic" in the adjective sense
1. anaesthetic, anesthetic
relating to or producing insensibility
2. anesthetic, anaesthetic
characterized by insensibility
"the young girls are in a state of possession
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