anaesthetic

«anaesthetic» in Mova's school dictionary: A medicine that stops you feeling pain, given by a doctor… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an anaesthetic, anaesthetics); adjective (anaesthetic)

meaning for a pupil

1) A medicine that stops you feeling pain, given by a doctor or dentist before an operation or treatment. tree →

2) A local anaesthetic numbs only one part of the body; a general anaesthetic makes you sleep through the whole operation. tree →

3) (adjective) Causing a loss of feeling: an anaesthetic cream. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life children meet it at the dentist or in hospital; in science and history lessons it shows how medicine made operations safe and painless. Phrases: under anaesthetic, local anaesthetic, general anaesthetic, give an anaesthetic, wear off.

examples

• The dentist gave me an anaesthetic before filling my tooth. tree →
• She was under general anaesthetic during the operation. tree →
• A local anaesthetic numbed his finger. tree →
• When the anaesthetic wore off, my mouth felt normal again. tree →
• Before anaesthetics, operations were very painful. tree →
• Don't eat until the anaesthetic has worn off, or you may bite your cheek. tree →

note

Spelling: anaesthetic (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand), anesthetic (US, Canada). The doctor who gives it is an anaesthetist (UK) or anesthesiologist (US). Do not confuse with "aesthetic" (about beauty).

In the corpora

• A local anaesthetic only numbs one part of the body, and the person stays awake.
• As the anaesthetic wears off, children may feel sleepy, sick or muddled, and recovery nurses give medicine for sickness or pain.
• An anaesthetic stops a patient feeling pain during an operation.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «anaesthetic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.