sedation
[si-dey-shuh n]
- the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- the state so induced.
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Origin of sedation
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Contemporary Examples
There are benzodiazapine receptors in the brain, but those are the kinds that are sought out for sedation, not sexual excitement.
Historical Examples
The doctor had continually attempted to get her to take some form of sedation.
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Tonight he slept of weariness and exhaustion, not of the sedation given last night.
The Fourth RGeorge Oliver Smith
sedation
- a state of calm or reduced nervous activity
- the administration of a sedative
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Word Origin and History for sedation
n.
early 15c., "alleviation of pain;" 1540s, "act of making calm," from Middle French sédation and directly from Latin sedationem (nominative sedatio) "a quieting, assuaging, a calming," noun of action from past participle stem of sedare (see sedate (adj.)).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
sedation
(sĭ-dā′shən)- Reduction of anxiety, stress, irritability, or excitement by administration of a sedative agent or drug.
- The state or condition induced by a sedative.
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