anesthetist
or an·aes·the·tist
[uh-nes-thi-tist]
- a person who administers anesthetics, usually a specially trained doctor or nurse.
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Origin of anesthetist
anaesthesia
[an-uh s-thee-zhuh]
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anaesthetist
- British a qualified doctor specializing in the administration of anaestheticsUS name: anesthesiologist
- US a person qualified to administer anaesthesia, often a nurse or someone other than a physicianCompare anesthesiologist
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anaesthesia
US anesthesia
- local or general loss of bodily sensation, esp of touch, as the result of nerve damage or other abnormality
- 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
- a general dullness or lack of feeling
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Word Origin for anaesthesia
C19: from New Latin, from Greek anaisthēsia absence of sensation, from an- + aisthēsis feeling
anesthetist
- (in the US) a person qualified to administer anaesthesia, often a nurse or someone other than a physicianCompare anesthesiologist
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Word Origin and History for anaesthetist
1861; see anaesthesia + -ist.
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anaesthesia
1721, "loss of feeling," Modern Latin, from Greek anaisthesia "want of feeling, lack of sensation (to pleasure or pain)," from an- "without" (see an- (1)) + aisthesis "feeling," from PIE root *au- "to perceive" (see audience). As "a procedure for the prevention of pain in surgical operations," from 1846.
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anesthetist
alternative spelling of anaesthetist (q.v.). See ae.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
anesthetist
(ə-nĕs′thĭ-tĭst)- A person trained to administer anesthetics.
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