ETHERIZATION

n. E-thusr-i2z-a's hu3n. Lat,, cetheri.iatio. Fr., etherisation. Ger., A etherisation. Aether is i rung. It., eterizzazione. Sp., eterizacion. The administration of ether for the purpose of producing anaesthesia. [E.] Local e. Fr., etherisation locale. An application of ether spray to produce local anaesthesia by freezing. [A, 301 (a, 21).] Rectal e. Fr., anesthesia rectale, etherisation par la voie rectale. Ger., A eth ens at i on (lurch den Mastdarm. Syn.: rectal anaesthesia. The induction of general anaesthesia by conveying ether vapor into the rectum; now generally abandoned as dangerous. [s. 762]