anaesthetics

British

/ ˌænɪsˈθɛtɪks /

noun

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

Soon after he joined the RUH, he reported a dentist for unsafe use of anaesthetics and x-rays.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 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

What must it have been like before there were anaesthetics?

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

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