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See Also:

• a variation of anesthesia.

anaesthesia

American  

[an-uhs-thee-zhuh] / ˌæn əsˈθi ʒə /

noun

Medicine/Medical, Pathology.

1. anesthesia.

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anaesthesia British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• semianaesthetic
  adjective
• anaesthetist
  noun
• anaesthetic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of anaesthesia

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