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anaesthetics

British  
/ ˌænɪsˈθɛtɪks /

noun

  1. US name: anesthesiology(functioning as singular) the science, study, and practice of anaesthesia and its application

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“But here I am, a 53-year-old NHS consultant in intensive care medicine and anaesthetics, deeply affected.”

From BBC Oct. 19, 2024

Even before the conflict closed in on them, Gaza's hospitals were struggling to cope, with medical supplies, clean water and fuel to power generators running out and surgery being done without anaesthetics.

From Reuters Nov. 10, 2023

He said the medical supplies including wound dressings, anaesthetics, and painkillers, among other items.

From Reuters Oct. 19, 2023

He describes it as a painful experience done without anaesthetics.

From BBC May 20, 2022

What must it have been like before there were anaesthetics?

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

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