anaesthesia

[ an-uhs-thee-zhuh ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical, Pathology.

1. anesthesia.

anaesthesia

/ ˌænɪsˈθiːzɪə /

noun

1. local or general loss of bodily sensation, esp of touch, as the result of nerve damage or other abnormality
2. loss of sensation, esp of pain, induced by drugs: called general anaesthesia when consciousness is lost and local anaesthesia when only a specific area of the body is involved
3. a general dullness or lack of feeling

Other Words From

• an·aes·thet·ic [an-, uh, s-, thet, -ik], adjective noun
• an·aes·the·tist [uh, -, nes, -thi-tist, uh, -, nees, -], noun
• semi·anaes·thetic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of anaesthesia¹

C19: from New Latin, from Greek anaisthēsia absence of sensation, from an- + aisthēsis feeling

Example Sentences

The study, carried out in the Division of Anaesthesia at the University of Cambridge, also shows that the use of current and future drugs, which act on dopamine, should help improve our understanding of anesthesia.

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Anaesthesia Sexualis status est in quo vir aut mulier omnino caret sensatione sexuali.

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Anaesthesia, in its present sense, is truly a modern discovery, which is to be credited to the United States.

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Its use spread rapidly to other branches of surgery, and cocaine local anaesthesia became quickly an accomplished fact.

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They didn't cut huge slices out of my hide without benefit of anaesthesia.

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Applied externally, ether evaporates very rapidly, producing such intense cold as to cause marked local anaesthesia.

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