anaesthetize
verb/əˈniːsθətaɪz/
/əˈnesθətaɪz/
(British English also anaesthetise)
(US English anesthetize)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they anaesthetize | /əˈniːsθətaɪz/ /əˈnesθətaɪz/ |
| he / she / it anaesthetizes | /əˈniːsθətaɪzɪz/ /əˈnesθətaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple anaesthetized | /əˈniːsθətaɪzd/ /əˈnesθətaɪzd/ |
| past participle anaesthetized | /əˈniːsθətaɪzd/ /əˈnesθətaɪzd/ |
| -ing form anaesthetizing | /əˈniːsθətaɪzɪŋ/ /əˈnesθətaɪzɪŋ/ |
- anaesthetize somebody to make a person or animal unable to feel pain, etc., especially by giving them an anaesthetic before a medical operation
- The animals were all fully anaesthetized before the tags were inserted.
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