noun
- plural of etherization; instances or processes of administering ether as an anesthetic
Usage: medical/historical; chiefly historical; ether is rarely used as an anesthetic in modern medicine
Examples
- Early surgical etherizations carried significant risks of complications.
- The hospital records documented dozens of etherizations performed during the 19th century.
- Surgeons had to master the technique of etherizations before modern anesthetics became available.
- Patient safety during etherizations was a major concern for physicians of that era.