To cause loss of sensation or to make something no longer sensitive to touch or feeling.
From 'apaesthetic' + the suffix '-ize' (to cause or make), creating a verb form meaning to render something apaesthetic.
This medical verb highlights how language builds on itself: aesthetic → apaesthetic → apaesthetize, each level more technical and specific than the last.
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