overanesthetize
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom over- + anesthetize.
Verb
editoveranesthetize (third-person singular simple present overanesthetizes, present participle overanesthetizing, simple past and past participle overanesthetized)
- (transitive) To give too much anesthetic to.
- 2009 March 21, William Grimes, “Lionel Ziprin, Mystic of the Lower East Side, Dies at 84”, in New York Times[1]:
- While undergoing a tonsillectomy, young Lionel — called Leibel or Leibele by his family — was badly overanesthetized.