anesthetizer
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- anaesthetizer
- anaesthetiser (non-Oxford British spelling)
Etymology edit
anesthetize + -er
Noun edit
anesthetizer (plural anesthetizers)
- (dated) A person that administers anesthesia
- 1913, Grace S. Richmond, Mrs. Red Pepper[1]:
- Buller's the best anesthetizer in the state and a splendid fellow besides.
- A device with an anesthetic effect
- 1991 May 17, Anthony Adler, “Tabloid Truth”, in Chicago Reader[2]:
- Aunt Ruth has an "electronic anesthetizer" that controls her chronic back pain but also activates the garage door.