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anesthesiology

American  
[an-uhs-thee-zee-ol-uh-jee] / ˌæn əsˌθi ziˈɒl ə dʒi /
Or anaesthesiology

noun

  1. the science of administering anesthetics.


anesthesiology British  
/ ˌænɪsˌθiːzɪˈɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1. the US name for anaesthetics

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

anesthesiology Scientific  
/ ăn′ĭs-thē′zē-ŏlə-jē /
  1. The branch of medicine that deals with the study and application of anesthetics.


Etymology

Origin of anesthesiology

First recorded in 1910–15; anesthesi(a) + -o- + -logy

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In Texas, among the medical professionals that UnitedHealth’s Medicaid plan identified as doctors between 2021 and 2023 were 59 nurse practitioners and 31 physician and anesthesiology assistants, the Journal found.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 18, 2025

"So, we will have human judges for criminal cases, and human doctors to make decisions about who should get the transplant. But, weather forecasting will be gone soon, and anesthesiology too," says Prof Brusseau.

From BBC May 5, 2025

By comparison, anesthesiology had just one vacancy — there were zero in residencies for plastic surgeons.

From Seattle Times Mar. 2, 2024

Study lead author John Tauber, who recently earned his Ph.D. at MIT in Brown's lab, said the study could aid efforts to improve anesthesiology care.

From Science Daily Nov. 8, 2023

Biomedical professionals had been using social media for years before the pandemic came along, said study co-author Dr. Tricia Pendergrast, a first-year resident in anesthesiology at the University of Michigan.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 28, 2023

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