anaesthesia
Americannoun
noun
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local or general loss of bodily sensation, esp of touch, as the result of nerve damage or other abnormality
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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
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a general dullness or lack of feeling
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of anaesthesia
C19: from New Latin, from Greek anaisthēsia absence of sensation, from an- + aisthēsis feeling
Example Sentences
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He and his team published their results in the British Journal of Anaesthesia.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024
The experts who drew up the recommendations, which are published in a journal called Anaesthesia, say the desire to tackle waiting lists and backlogs must be balanced with delivering the safest care possible.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2022
The study, published in the journal Anaesthesia in March, examined the 30-day postoperative mortality rate of more than 140,000 patients in 116 countries who had elective or emergency surgery in October.
From Salon • Jul. 1, 2021
Cox has been studying Cameron’s DNA for five years, and has co-authored a paper with Srivastava about her case, which was published last March, in the British Journal of Anaesthesia.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 6, 2020
Obstetric Memoirs and Contributions, including those on Anaesthesia.
From Elements of Agricultural Chemistry by Anderson, Thomas
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