1. the act or process of administering ether as an anesthetic to a patient
Usage: medical/historical; now largely obsolete due to modern anesthetics

Examples

• The surgeon performed etherization before beginning the operation.
• Etherization was a common practice in 19th-century medicine.
• The patient underwent etherization to ensure painless surgery.
• Early anesthesiology relied heavily on etherization techniques.
• Modern anesthesia has largely replaced the use of etherization in hospitals.