anaesthesia
Other words from anaesthesia
- an·aes·thet·ic [an-uhs-thet-ik], /ˌæn əsˈθɛt ɪk/, adjective, noun
- an·aes·the·tist [uh-nes-thi-tist or, especially British, uh-nees-], /əˈnɛs θɪ tɪst or, especially British, əˈnis-/, noun
- sem·i·an·aes·thet·ic, adjective
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How to use anaesthesia in a sentence
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.
New Research Shows How Dopamine Plays a Key Role in Consciousness | Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian | August 12, 2021 | Singularity Hubanaesthesia Sexualis status est in quo vir aut mulier omnino caret sensatione sexuali.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin Malleyanaesthesia, in its present sense, is truly a modern discovery, which is to be credited to the United States.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine | Roswell ParkIts use spread rapidly to other branches of surgery, and cocaine local anaesthesia became quickly an accomplished fact.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine | Roswell ParkThey didn't cut huge slices out of my hide without benefit of anaesthesia.
Highways in Hiding | George Oliver Smith
Applied externally, ether evaporates very rapidly, producing such intense cold as to cause marked local anaesthesia.
British Dictionary definitions for anaesthesia
US anesthesia
/ (ˌænɪsˈθiːzɪə) /
local or general loss of bodily sensation, esp of touch, as the result of nerve damage or other abnormality
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
a general dullness or lack of feeling
Origin of anaesthesia
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