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general anaesthetic

British

noun

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

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It can also be given to some patients who are not able to have a general anaesthetic due to lung conditions or other medical issues.

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Liquid biopsies would remove the need for patients to have uncomfortable tissue biopsies under general anaesthetic.

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Ella, who has been on the waiting list for more than a third of her lifetime, will now have to to be placed under general anaesthetic for an operation to remove the teeth.

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It was 2014, and she had been put under general anaesthetic for a procedure following a miscarriage, but woke to a Danish nurse injecting her with the contraceptive Depo Provera.

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After returning to hospital, Rafa was admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit where he was put under general anaesthetic and intubated.

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