unanesthetized
adjective
un·anes·the·tized
ˌən-ə-ˈnes-thə-ˌtīzd 
British -ˈnēs-
1
: not treated with an anesthetic : not anesthetized
unanesthetized patients
2
: performed without anesthesia
an unanesthetized amputation
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IUDs have to be implanted by doctors, in sometimes painful (and usually unanesthetized) procedures.
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Although Sims is often seen as the father of modern gynecology for his innovation, that innovation stands on the shoulders of eleven enslaved women who underwent non-consensual and unanesthetized procedures for his research.
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Maria Aspan, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2023
Although Sims is often seen as the father of modern gynecology for his innovation, that innovation stands on the shoulders of eleven enslaved women who underwent non-consensual and unanesthetized procedures for his research.
—Heather Gann | Hgann@al.com, al, 15 Dec. 2022
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unanesthetized
adjective
un·anes·the·tized
variants
or chiefly British unanaesthetized
also unanaesthetised
: not having been subjected to an anesthetic
an unanesthetized patient
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