anesthetize
verb
anes·the·tize
ə-ˈnes-thə-ˌtīz 
British -ˈnēs-
anesthetized; anesthetizing
: to subject to anesthesia
Examples of anesthetize in a Sentence
The doctor anesthetized the patient by an intravenous injection.
She was anesthetized before the operation.
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Up until now, gathering data from wolves has largely required invasive measures like collaring, when a wolf is anesthetized and fitted with a collar that tracks location data.
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Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2025
In a 2013 paper, her team wrote that there was more movement of cerebrospinal fluid (opens a new tab) in sleeping and anesthetized mice than in waking ones — and that perhaps during sleep CSF sweeps waste out of the brain.
—Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
The monkey was anesthetized and pumped with saline, like the monkeys in Alyssa’s lab.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 3 Mar. 2025
While the insect is anesthetized with CO2, an ultra-thin silver wire is inserted into each cerci – taillike sensory appendages (picture the tail end of an earwig or cricket) – as well as into each antennae and a tiny hole cut into its second abdominal segment.
—Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
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Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2025
In a 2013 paper, her team wrote that there was more movement of cerebrospinal fluid (opens a new tab) in sleeping and anesthetized mice than in waking ones — and that perhaps during sleep CSF sweeps waste out of the brain.
—Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
The monkey was anesthetized and pumped with saline, like the monkeys in Alyssa’s lab.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 3 Mar. 2025
While the insect is anesthetized with CO2, an ultra-thin silver wire is inserted into each cerci – taillike sensory appendages (picture the tail end of an earwig or cricket) – as well as into each antennae and a tiny hole cut into its second abdominal segment.
—Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Anesthetize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anesthetize. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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anesthetize
verb
anes·the·tize
ə-ˈnes-thə-ˌtīz
anesthetized; anesthetizing
: to make insensible to pain especially by the use of an anesthetic
Medical Definition
anesthetize
transitive verb
anes·the·tize
variants
or chiefly British anaesthetize
also anaesthetise
anesthetized or chiefly British anesthetized also anesthetised; anesthetizing or chiefly British anesthetizing also anesthetising
: to subject to anesthesia
anesthetization
noun
or chiefly British anaesthetization
also anaesthetisation
ə-ˌnes-thət-ə-ˈzā-shən, British -ˌnēs-
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