ANESTHETIC AGENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anesthetic agent mean? 

• ANESTHETIC AGENT (noun)
  The noun ANESTHETIC AGENT has 1 sense:

1. a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations

  Familiarity information: ANESTHETIC AGENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANESTHETIC AGENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

anaesthetic; anaesthetic agent; anesthetic; anesthetic agent

Hypernyms ("anesthetic agent" is a kind of...):

drug (a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anesthetic agent"):

general anaesthetic; general anesthetic (an anesthetic that anesthetizes the entire body and causes loss of consciousness)

intravenous anesthetic (an anesthetic that produces anesthesia when injected into the circulatory system)

local; local anaesthetic; local anesthetic; topical anaesthetic; topical anesthetic (anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body)

spinal anaesthetic; spinal anesthetic (an anesthetic that is injected into the spine)

 Context examples 

A combination preparation of mouth rinsing suspension containing an antacid, an antihistamine and an anesthetic agent.

(Magic Mouthwash, NCI Thesaurus)

Ether also refers loosely to diethyl-ether, a colorless, volatile, highly inflammable liquid used in industry and biomedical research, and historically important as an anesthetic agent.

(Ether, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic, aminoester, local, anesthetic agent.

(Chloroprocaine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

In an anesthesia machine, the pathway by which a gaseous anesthetic agent and oxygen are delivered to the patient and carbon dioxide is removed.

(Breathing Circuit Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

An amide-type local anesthetic agent.

(Mepivacaine, NCI Thesaurus)

A medical inspection, qualified according to the methods employed, as physical examination, radiologic examination, diagnostic imaging examination, etc., performed under conditions of patient's complete or partial local or general insensibility to pain with or without the loss of consciousness, induced by an anesthetic agent or by non-pharmacological anesthesia technique.

(Examination Under Anesthesia, NCI Thesaurus)