Anesthesia

What do we mean by anesthesia?

Total or partial loss of sensation, especially tactile sensibility, induced by disease, injury, acupuncture, or an anesthetic, such as chloroform or nitrous oxide. noun

Local or general insensibility to pain with or without the loss of consciousness, induced by an anesthetic. noun

A drug, administered for medical or surgical purposes, that induces partial or total loss of sensation and may be topical, local, regional, or general, depending on the method of administration and area of the body affected. noun

See anæsthesia. noun

Same as anæsthesia, anæsthetic. adjective

A method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain. noun

The loss or prevention of pain, as caused by anesthesia. noun

Loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness noun

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.

The loss or prevention of sensation, as caused by anesthesia, lesion in the nervous system or other physical abnormality.

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Adjectives that are often used to describe anesthesia:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective anesthesia:
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Consonant match to anesthesia:
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Words that sound like anesthesia:
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