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Recent Examples of anesthetized
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.
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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
In there, the light was all cold and blue fluorescence washing over the sea of scrub caps huddled around an anesthetized young woman on a gurney.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 21 Feb. 2024
Breeding involves removing eggs and sperm from anesthetized fish, and typically euthanizing males after extraction.
—Dasha Afanasieva, Fortune Europe, 21 Jan. 2024
Previous studies of anesthetized animals and brain slices revealed groups of neurons that are important for satisfaction and for stopping animals from eating too much.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2023
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
In there, the light was all cold and blue fluorescence washing over the sea of scrub caps huddled around an anesthetized young woman on a gurney.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 21 Feb. 2024
Breeding involves removing eggs and sperm from anesthetized fish, and typically euthanizing males after extraction.
—Dasha Afanasieva, Fortune Europe, 21 Jan. 2024
Previous studies of anesthetized animals and brain slices revealed groups of neurons that are important for satisfaction and for stopping animals from eating too much.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anesthetized
drugged
Adjective
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The victim told officials that he was bound at the wrists and drugged, shocked with electric wires, hit in the head with a firearm and dangled over a ledge at the top of stairs.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
26 May 2025
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In Another Simple Favor climax, Charity and Linda hold a drugged Nicky at gunpoint on a cliffside, forcing a confrontation with Emily and Stephanie.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
2 May 2025
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“Anesthetized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anesthetized. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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