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general anaesthetic

British  

noun

  1. a drug producing anaesthesia of the entire body, with loss of consciousness

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Because of this, the family are holding off on the radiotherapy, and Molly is having three-monthly MRI scans under general anaesthetic as they watch and wait.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

Another "serious adverse event", involving a 70-year-old man, happened within days, when Mr Péchier claimed to have found three bags of paracetamol that had been tampered with after he had given a general anaesthetic.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025

"But because of her needs and that she would not be able to sit still, then the procedure would have to be done under general anaesthetic," he said.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2024

This most often happens under general anaesthetic in an operating theatre, and can involve extensive liposuction, with large volumes of fat being transferred.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2024

Although the operation is not a very painful one, it ought not to be performed upon a child except under the influence of chloroform or some other general anaesthetic.

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