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Definition: Anaesthetize |
AnaesthetizeVerb1. Make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: AnaesthetizeSynonyms: anaesthetise (v), anesthetise (v), anesthetize (v), put out (v), put to sleep (v), put under (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: bring to (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Insensibility | Render insensible, render callous; blunt, obtund, numb, benumb, paralyze, deaden, hebetate, stun, stupefy; brutify; brutalize; chloroform, anaesthetize, put under; assify. |
Physical Insensibility | Render insensible. Adjective: anaesthetize, blunt, pall, obtund, benumb, paralyze; put under the influence of chloroform. Noun: stupefy, stun. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "Anaesthetize" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Anaesthetize" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 75% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "anaesthetize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | bëj anestezinë (anaesthetise, anesthetise, anesthetize). (various references) | |
Arabic | خدر (anaesthesia, anaesthetise, anesthesia, anesthetize, benumb, creep, deaden, drug, look out, narcotize, numb, numbness, opiate, stupefaction, stupefy, stupor, torpid, torpor). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | упоявам (anaesthetise, anesthetize, dope, intoxicate, put out, put under), обезболявам (anaesthetise, anesthetize), давам упойка (anaesthetise, anesthetize). (various references) | |
Chinese | 麻醉 (Anaesthesia, anaesthetise, anaesthetised, anaesthetized, anesthesia, anesthetise, anesthetised, anesthetize, anesthetized, Narcotic, Narcotical). (various references) | |
Czech | zpùsobit znecitlivìní, znecitlivit (desensitize). (various references) | |
Danish | bedøvning af gydefisk (anaesthetize of the brood fish). (various references) | |
Dutch | verdoven van paaivis (anaesthetize of the brood fish). (various references) | |
Finnish | emokalojen nukuttaminen (anaesthetize of the brood fish). (various references) | |
French | anesthésier (anaesthetic), insensibiliser. (various references) | |
German | betäuben (anesthetize, benumb, stun). (various references) | |
Greek | αναισθητοποιώ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | altat (anaesthetise, anesthetise, anesthetize), érzéstelenít (to anaesthetize, to anesthetize). (various references) | |
Indonesian | membius (anesthetise). (various references) | |
Italian | anestetizzare (anaesthetise, anesthetise, anesthetize, put to sleep). (various references) | |
Manx | kyrloghey (anaesthetization, benumb, benumbing, deaden, numb, paralyse, stun). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anaesthetizeay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | anestesiar (anaesthetise, anesthetise, anesthetize). (various references) | |
Romanian | anestezia (anaesthetise, anesthetise, anesthetize), ameţi (amaze, anaesthetise, anesthetise, anesthetize, bewilder, dizzy, fluster, fuddle, get dizzy, intoxicate, stagger, stun, stupefy). (various references) | |
Russian | обезболивать (anaesthesiatize, anaesthetise, anesthetise), анестезировать (anaesthetise, anesthetise, anesthetize). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | anestezirati (anaesthetise, anesthetise, anesthetize), uvesti u anesteziju (anaesthetise, anesthetise, anesthetize), staviti u anesteziju (anaesthetise, anesthetise, anesthetize). (various references) | |
Spanish | anestesiar (anaesthetise, anesthetise, anesthetize). (various references) | |
Swedish | bedöva (stun, stupefy). (various references) | |
Turkish | uyutmak (drowse, hypnotize, narcotize, put to sleep), uyuşturmak (benumb, drug, dull, lull, narcotize, numb, stupefy), narkoz vermek (keep under, narcotize). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | знеболювати (anesthetize), анестезувати (anesthetize). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Anaesthetize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anaesthatist, anaesthetise, anaesthitise, anaesthitize, anaethetize, anaethetus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "anaesthetize" (pronounced 'An*[ae]s"the*tize'): Acclimatize, Acetize, Achromatize, Agatize, Amortize, Anabaptize, Anagrammatize, Anathematize, Aphetize, Apostatize, Apothegmatize, Appetize, Argumentize, Aromatize, Astatize, Athetize, Azotize, Baptize, Bichromatize, Climatize, Emblematize, hypnotize, hypostatize, legitimatize, Mediatize, monetize, Narcotize, Palatize, Paradigmatize, Pectize, Phonetize, Politize, Potentize, Pragmatize, Problematize, Pyritize, Rebaptize, Remonetize, schematize, Schismatize, sensitize, Spermatize, stigmatize, Synthetize, systematize. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-e-h-i-n-s-t-t-z" | |
-1 letter: anesthetize. | |
-3 letters: tetanizes. | |
-4 letters: aesthete, anisette, astatine, asthenia, hesitant, hesitate, sanitate, teeniest, tetanies, tetanise, tetanize. | |
-5 letters: atheist, attains, entasia, esthete, etesian, ethanes, ethenes, hastate, haziest, instate, neatest, satiate, satinet, shaitan, sheenie, sheitan, staithe, sthenia, taeniae, taenias, teethes, theines, zaniest, zeatins, zeniths. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-e-e-h-i-n-s-t-t-z" | |
+4 letters: etherealizations. | |
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