Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anaesthetise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: anaes-thetise
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anesthetize.

British usage

Example Sentences

"The retching may be overcome by painting or spraying the pharynx with a 2- or 4-per-cent solution of cocain, or, as Stewart recommends, by allowing the patient to swallow a few drops of the solution, to anaesthetise the oesophagus."
"But now she was freed of the daily slavery of the office, and she no longer needed to drink to accompany Roddy, or to anaesthetise herself to his friends."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

anaesthetises (present, singular) anaesthetising (participle, present) anaesthetised (participle, past) anaesthetised (past) anaesthetize (alternative)

Derived Forms

overanaesthetise preanaesthetised reanaesthetised unanaesthetised

Synonyms

anesthetize anaesthetize anesthetise put under put out

Questions

What does anaesthetise mean?: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anesthetize.

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