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αναισθητικό — meaning in English

anaisthitiko

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English meaning

  • anesthetic noun A drug used to stop pain or cause unconsciousness for a medical procedure.
  • narcotic noun A drug that dulls pain and induces sleep, especially an opioid, often used illegally.

Senses

αναισθητικό is used for these senses in English:

  • anesthetic (American spelling, medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.
  • narcotic Any type of numbing or soothing drug.

anesthetic — full definition

  1. noun A drug used to stop pain or cause unconsciousness for a medical procedure.
  2. adj Causing loss of sensation or reducing pain.

narcotic — full definition

  1. noun A drug that dulls pain and induces sleep, especially an opioid, often used illegally.
  2. adj Relating to narcotics, or inducing sleep.
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