- anaesthetic (adj.)
[anaesthetic 词源字典]
- 1846, "insensible," from Greek anaisthetos "insensate, without feeling; senseless, stupid" (see anaesthesia). Noun meaning "agent that produces anesthesia" first used in modern sense 1848 by Scottish doctor James Young Simpson (1811-1870), discoverer of the surgical uses of chloroform.[anaesthetic etymology, anaesthetic origin, 英语词源]