1. rendered unconscious or insensible by the administration of ether as an anesthetic
Usage: medical/historical; often used in past medical contexts

1. past tense of etherize; to administer ether to (a patient) in order to produce unconsciousness for surgery
Usage: medical/historical; transitive verb

Examples

• The surgeon etherized the patient before beginning the operation.
• In the 19th century, patients were often etherized for dental procedures.
• The etherized patient lay still on the operating table.
• Before modern anesthetics, ether was commonly used to etherize surgical patients.
• The etherized state allowed doctors to perform lengthy surgeries without patient movement.