anesthetize

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UK/əˈniːs.θə.taɪz/UK/æˈniːs.θə.taɪz/US/əˈnɛs.θə.taɪz/US/əˈnɛs.θɪ.taɪz/

verb

To administer anesthesia to: to render unfeeling or unconscious through the use of narcotic substances, usually either alcohol or pharmaceutical drugs.

“Just prior to surgery the doctor will anesthetize him and he will sleep for four hours.”

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Meanings

verbanesthetize (third-person singular simple present anesthetizes, present participle anesthetizing, simple past and past participle anesthetized)

present singular third person anesthetizes · participle present anesthetizing · participle past anesthetized · past anesthetized · alternative British English Oxford anaesthetize · alternative anaesthetise · alternative anæsthetize · alternative anesthetise

  1. CanadaUStransitiveTo administer anesthesia to: to render unfeeling or unconscious through the use of narcotic substances, usually either alcohol or pharmaceutical drugs.

    Just prior to surgery the doctor will anesthetize him and he will sleep for four hours.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbadminister an anesthetic drug to

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anaesthetizeanesthetiseanaesthetiseput underput out
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drugdose
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put output to sleepput under

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian обезболявам
  • обезболявам (obezboljavam)administer anesthesia
Catalan anestesiar
  • anestesiaradminister anesthesia
Chinese Mandarin 使麻醉, 使麻木
  • 使麻醉 (shǐ mázuì)administer anesthesia
  • 使麻木 (shǐ mámù)administer anesthesia
Danish bedøve
  • bedøveadminister anesthesia
Dutch verdoven
  • verdovenadminister anesthesia
Finnish nukuttaa
  • nukuttaaadminister anesthesia
French anesthésier
  • anesthésieradminister anesthesia
German betäuben, anästhesieren
  • betäubenadminister anesthesia
  • anästhesierenadminister anesthesia
  • anästhetisierenadminister anesthesia
Greek αναισθητοποιώ
  • αναισθητοποιώ (anaisthitopoió)administer anesthesia
Hungarian érzéstelenít, altat
  • érzéstelenítadminister anesthesia
  • altatadminister anesthesia
Japanese 麻酔をかける
  • 麻酔をかける (masui o kakeru)administer anesthesia
Māori whakarehu, whakahinamoe
  • whakarehuadminister anesthesia
  • whakahinamoeadminister anesthesia
Norwegian Bokmål anestesere, bedøve
  • anestesereadminister anesthesia
  • bedøveadminister anesthesia
Portuguese anestesiar
  • anestesiaradminister anesthesia
Romanian anestezia
  • anesteziaadminister anesthesia
Russian обезбо́ливать, обезбо́лить
  • обезбо́ливать (obezbólivatʹ)administer anesthesia
  • обезбо́лить (obezbólitʹ)administer anesthesia
  • анестези́ровать (anɛstɛzírovatʹ)administer anesthesia
Slovak anestetizovať
  • anestetizovaťadminister anesthesia
Spanish anestesiar
  • anestesiaradminister anesthesia
Turkish uyuşturma
  • uyuşturmaadminister anesthesia
Cite this entry
APA

anesthetize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anesthetize

MLA

“anesthetize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anesthetize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anesthetize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anesthetize.

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