analgesia
IPA: ænʌɫdʒˈiʒʌ
noun
- (medicine) The inability to feel pain.
- (pharmacology) An analgesic (medication that acts to relieve pain).
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Examples of "analgesia" in Sentences
- In her left fist is clutched the plastic PCA patient-controlled analgesia button.
- "Homeopathic Arnica montana for post-tonsillectomy analgesia: a randomised placebo control trial."
- With respect to acupuncture analgesia-and the term analgesia not anaesthesia should be used-may I most emphatically state that it does work, and it works very well.
- Ganesh A, Adzick NS, Foster T, Cucchiaro G. Efficacy of addition of fentanyl to epidural bupivacaine on postoperative analgesia after thoracotomy for lung resection in infants.
- The second group also had CEIs but were able to get an additional dose of medicine every 20 minutes by pushing a button patient-controlled epidural analgesia, or PCEA for short.
- The fellow will gain experience in the use of patient controlled analgesia, continuous epidural analgesia, peripheral nerve blocks, intrathecal morphine, and oral analgesic therapy.
- For these women, an alternative type of epidural called patient-controlled epidural analgesia may be an appealing option, as it allows a woman to control her dose of pain medication.
- Women should be offered different treatment options and, for non-surgical approaches, they also must be given realistic information about what is involved, and have adequate analgesia and access to care should they run into problems.
- During the pre-visit, we'll discuss individual anesthesia needs and pain management strategies, including epidural anesthesia, patient-controlled analgesia and local or regional anesthesia, based on the type of procedure and the child's needs.
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