anaesthetic awareness

noun

the gaining of consciousness by an anaesthetized patient during a surgical operation

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Despite his organisation’s concern about anaesthetic awareness, he did not want the issue to be blown out of proportion: “I would also like to say that there is a potential for this subject of awareness to be sensationalised. We are concerned that patients become unduly frightened during what is already a very emotional time for them.”