1. administering ether as an anesthetic to cause unconsciousness
Usage: medical; historical

Examples

• The surgeon was etherizing the patient before the operation.
• Etherizing became common practice in hospitals during the 1840s.
• The doctor spent several minutes etherizing the patient to ensure complete unconsciousness.
• Before modern anesthetics, etherizing was the standard method for surgical procedures.
• The medical student observed the physician etherizing patients in the operating room.