anesthetic

nouns

a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations
anaesthetic, anaesthetic agent, anesthetic, anesthetic agent
is derived from
anesthetize
is derived from
anesthetise

adjectives

relating to or producing insensibility
anaesthetic, anesthetic
pertains to
anesthesia
characterized by insensibility
"the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic"; "an anesthetic state"
anaesthetic, anesthetic
is derived from
anesthesia