Associations to the word «Anaesthetics»

Wiktionary

ANAESTHETIC, adjective. (British spelling) Of, relating to, or causing anaesthesia.
ANAESTHETIC, noun. (British spelling) A substance that causes reversible loss of sensation or loss of consciousness; used to perform surgery without pain.

Dictionary definition

ANAESTHETIC, noun. A drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations.
ANAESTHETIC, adjective. Relating to or producing insensibility.
ANAESTHETIC, adjective. Characterized by insensibility; "the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic"; "an anesthetic state".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn