anesthetizer

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noun

A person that administers anesthesia

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Meanings

nounanesthetizer (plural anesthetizers)

plural anesthetizers · alternative anaesthetizer · alternative anaesthetiser

  1. datedA person that administers anesthesia

    Buller's the best anesthetizer in the state and a splendid fellow besides.

    1913, Grace S. Richmond, Mrs. Red Pepper
  2. A device with an anesthetic effect

    Aunt Ruth has an "electronic anesthetizer" that controls her chronic back pain but also activates the garage door.

    1991 May 17, Anthony Adler, “Tabloid Truth”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

From anesthetize + -er.

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APA

anesthetizer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anesthetizer

MLA

“anesthetizer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anesthetizer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anesthetizer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anesthetizer.

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