anesthesia
IPA: ænɪsθˈiʒʌ
noun
- (medicine, American spelling, Canadian spelling) An artificial method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain without causing loss of vital functions, by the administration of one or more agents which block pain impulses before transmitted to the brain.
- (American spelling) The loss or prevention of sensation, as caused by anesthesia (in the above sense), or by a lesion in the nervous system, or by another physical abnormality.
- (loosely, proscribed, sometimes Philippines) Synonym of anesthetic
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Examples of "anesthesia" in Sentences
- The experience of anesthesia awareness.
- Gawande also describes the dangers of anesthesia.
- Replacement of the eye requires general anesthesia.
- The anesthesia is provided in accurate dosage to the human or animal.
- Advances have been made in the procedures, and in the anesthesia used.
- Key equipment consists of the operating table and the anesthesia cart.
- Patients undergoing anesthesia usually undergo preoperative evaluation.
- In spite of the absence of anesthesia, complex operations were performed.
- The patient is pulled out of the anesthesia and returned to consciousness.
- Anesthesia dolorosa is the considered to be the worst type of pain in the face.
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