As nouns the difference between anesthetic and chloroethane
is that
anesthetic is (medicine) a substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness an anesthetic may or may not render the recipient unconscious, depending upon the type used while
chloroethane is (organic compound) the halogenated hydrocarbon ch
3-ch
2cl, one used as an anesthetic; it has many industrial applications.
As an adjective anesthetic
is causing the reduction of pain sensitivity.
anesthetic English
Alternative forms
* anaesthetic
Adjective
( en adjective)
Causing the reduction of pain sensitivity.
Noun
( en noun)
(medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness. An anesthetic may or may not render the recipient unconscious, depending upon the type used.
* 1994 , Anesthetics (Ophthalmic)] ([http://www.drugs.com/cons/anesthetics-ophthalmic.html original version), Drugs.com:
- After a local anesthetic' is applied to the eye, do not rub or wipe the eye until the ' anesthetic has worn off and feeling in the eye returns.
* 2004 , Jacoby, David B. and Youngson, R. M., Encyclopedia of Famiy Health , Marshall Cavendish, pg. 91.
- Modern anesthetics can be divided into several different groups according to how and where they act to reduce pain.
- During premedication, the anesthetist may give a patient drugs that make him or her feel relaxed and drowsy before the actual general anesthetic is administered.
Related terms
* freezing
References
* " Anesthetics ", 2010 MeSH, National Library of Medicine.
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chloroethane Noun
( en noun)
(organic compound) The halogenated hydrocarbon CH3-CH2Cl, one used as an anesthetic; it has many industrial applications
Synonyms
* ethyl chloride
Hypernyms
* chloroalkane
Hyponyms
* dichloroethane
Derived terms
* dichloroethane
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