unanesthetized

adjective

un·​anes·​the·​tized ˌən-ə-ˈnes-thə-ˌtīzd How to pronounce unanesthetized (audio)
 British  -ˈnēs-
1
: not treated with an anesthetic : not anesthetized
unanesthetized patients
2
: performed without anesthesia
an unanesthetized amputation

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IUDs have to be implanted by doctors, in sometimes painful (and usually unanesthetized) procedures. Maria Aspan, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2023 Although Sims is often seen as the father of modern gynecology for his innovation, that innovation stands on the shoulders of eleven enslaved women who underwent non-consensual and unanesthetized procedures for his research. Heather Gann | Hgann@al.com, al, 15 Dec. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of unanesthetized was in 1861

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Medical Definition

unanesthetized

adjective
un·​anes·​the·​tized
variants or chiefly British unanaesthetized also unanaesthetised
: not having been subjected to an anesthetic
an unanesthetized patient
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