an esthesis (an esthesis)

Same as anæs thesia. anesthetic, anæsthetic (an-es-thet'ik), a. and n. [ [ ἀν- priv. + αἰσθητός, sensible, perceptible; cf. αἰσθητικός, sensitive, perceptive: see an -5 and es thetic.] I. a. 1. Producing temporary lo or impairment of feeling or sensation; producing anæsthesia.-2. Of or belonging to anæsthesia; characterized by anesthesia, or physical insensibility: as, anesthetic effects. - Anesthetic refrigerator, an apparatus for producing local anesthesia by the application of a narcotic spray. or, in mucous membrane, the application of cocaine. anesthetically, anesthetically (an-es-thet'ikal-i), adv. In an anesthetic manner; by means of anesthetics. anes the tis at i on, anesthetise. See anesthetization, anesthetize. anesthetist, anæsthetist (an-es'the-tist), n. [ The ancesthetist ... ought always to be provided with a pair of tongue forceps. Therapeutic Gazette , IX. 58. anesthetization, anesthetization (an-esthet-i-za's hon), n. [ anesthetize + -ation.] The proce of rendering insensible, especially to pain, by means of anesthetics; the act or operation of applying anesthetics. Also spelled anes the tis at i on, anes the tis at i on. All physiologists, whenever it is po ible, try to anæsthetize their victim.. When the anesthetization is completed, the animal does not suffer, and all the experiments afterward made upon it are without cruelty. Pop. Sci . Mo. , XXV. 766. anesthetize, anæsthetize (an-es'the-tiz), v. t.; pret. and pp. anesthetized, anæsthetized, ppr. anesthetizing, anesthetizing. [