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anesthesiology

American  
[an-uhs-thee-zee-ol-uh-jee] / ˌæn əsˌθi ziˈɒl ə dʒi /
Or anaesthesiology

noun

  1. the science of administering anesthetics.


anesthesiology British  
/ ˌænɪsˌθiːzɪˈɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1. the US name for anaesthetics

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anesthesiology Scientific  
/ ăn′ĭs-thē′zē-ŏlə-jē /
  1. The branch of medicine that deals with the study and application of anesthetics.


Etymology

Origin of anesthesiology

First recorded in 1910–15; anesthesi(a) + -o- + -logy

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In Texas, among the medical professionals that UnitedHealth’s Medicaid plan identified as doctors between 2021 and 2023 were 59 nurse practitioners and 31 physician and anesthesiology assistants, the Journal found.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 18, 2025

"So, we will have human judges for criminal cases, and human doctors to make decisions about who should get the transplant. But, weather forecasting will be gone soon, and anesthesiology too," says Prof Brusseau.

From BBC May 5, 2025

"Certain neurons fire in response to specific stimuli," said Kamran Diba, an associate professor of anesthesiology at Michigan and corresponding author on the study.

From Science Daily May 30, 2024

Mahjoubi’s background is in anesthesiology, not psychiatry or addiction.

From Seattle Times Nov. 6, 2023

By 2010, the private equity firms had moved on to urgent care clinics, ambulance services, and emergency departments and hospital services such as anesthesiology and radiology “that could utilize surprise out-of-network billing,” Brookings found.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 2023

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