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Recent Examples of anesthetized
After an anesthetized cockroach is secured on the platform, a motor slides that rig into position, and a computer vision system assesses the insect's body size and position.
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New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2025
Lamb and Smit approach with their gear and check vitals, then begin measuring, sampling and hoisting the grizzly’s anesthetized body into the air in a sling winched to a tree.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
The responses from the rodent rescuers in aiding anesthetized peers ranged from gentle sniffing and grooming to more forceful actions such as mouth or tongue biting, eventually escalating to pulling the tongue out of the unconscious mouse to clear the airway.
—Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
Require consent to perform an intimate examination on an anesthetized or unconscious patient, except under limited circumstances, according to an amendment to the bill.
—Max Filby, The Enquirer, 20 Dec. 2024
Kwong’s secretary complained more than a decade ago that her boss would remark on the grooming of anesthetized patients’ pubic hair, The Times previously reported.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024
As of 2021, 14 states had rules protecting against non-consensual exams of anesthetized patients, according to a study published in January 2022 in the journal Annals of Surgery Open.
—Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 1 Apr. 2024
Images: University of Hong Kong/Science Robotics Sun and his colleagues tested the mobility of the robots by injecting them into the yolks of anesthetized zebrafish embryos.
—Emily Waltz, IEEE Spectrum, 29 June 2018
New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2025
Lamb and Smit approach with their gear and check vitals, then begin measuring, sampling and hoisting the grizzly’s anesthetized body into the air in a sling winched to a tree.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
The responses from the rodent rescuers in aiding anesthetized peers ranged from gentle sniffing and grooming to more forceful actions such as mouth or tongue biting, eventually escalating to pulling the tongue out of the unconscious mouse to clear the airway.
—Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
Require consent to perform an intimate examination on an anesthetized or unconscious patient, except under limited circumstances, according to an amendment to the bill.
—Max Filby, The Enquirer, 20 Dec. 2024
Kwong’s secretary complained more than a decade ago that her boss would remark on the grooming of anesthetized patients’ pubic hair, The Times previously reported.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024
As of 2021, 14 states had rules protecting against non-consensual exams of anesthetized patients, according to a study published in January 2022 in the journal Annals of Surgery Open.
—Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 1 Apr. 2024
Images: University of Hong Kong/Science Robotics Sun and his colleagues tested the mobility of the robots by injecting them into the yolks of anesthetized zebrafish embryos.
—Emily Waltz, IEEE Spectrum, 29 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anesthetized
Adjective
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Of the students who reported being drugged, 79% were female.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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McSweeney’s language moves like a drugged animal in a fluorescent tunnel—half divine, half municipal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Double strain into chilled coupe, express and garnish with a lemon peel.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Easton suggests an herbaceous spritz with the starter, floral mezcal moment with the main, and a chilled digestif to close the evening.—
Colleen Sullivan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Anesthetized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anesthetized. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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