verb
- administers ether as an anesthetic to make unconscious
Usage: medical; third person singular present
Examples
- The surgeon etherizes the patient before beginning the operation.
- The anesthesiologist carefully etherizes each patient according to their weight.
- In the 19th century, the doctor etherizes patients using a cloth soaked in ether.
- The veterinarian etherizes the dog before performing surgery.
- She etherizes the laboratory mice for the research procedure.