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Anesthetic vs Decamethonium - What's the difference?

anesthetic | decamethonium |

As nouns the difference between anesthetic and decamethonium

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 decamethonium is a particular drug used as an anesthetic.

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.

    decamethonium

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A particular drug used as an anesthetic.

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "decamethonium")