general anaesthetic

1. 1.

   an anesthetic that anesthetizes the entire body and causes loss of consciousness

   Synonymsgeneral anesthetic

   Broaderanesthetic

   Narrowerinhalation anestheticketamine

Questions about general anaesthetic

What does general anaesthetic mean?

general anaesthetic means "an anesthetic that anesthetizes the entire body and causes loss of consciousness".

What is another word for general anaesthetic?

Close synonyms include general anesthetic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is general anaesthetic a common word?

general anaesthetic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.