1. 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.