sedation

[si-dey-shuh n]

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noun Medicine/Medical.

the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
the state so induced.

Origin of sedation

1535–45; < Latin sēdātiōn- (stem of sēdātiō), equivalent to sēdāt(us) (see sedate) + -iōn- -ion

Related formso·ver·se·da·tion, noun

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Related Words for sedation

restraint, fairness, calmness, patience, coolness, justness, measure, toleration, lenity, composure, justice, steadiness, sobriety, mildness, poise, equanimity, constraint, quiet, forbearance, sedateness

Examples from the Web for sedation

Contemporary Examples of sedation

There are benzodiazapine receptors in the brain, but those are the kinds that are sought out for sedation, not sexual excitement.
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Hannah Seligson
December 6, 2009

Historical Examples of sedation

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 R
George Oliver Smith

British Dictionary definitions for sedation

sedation

noun

a state of calm or reduced nervous activity
the administration of a sedative

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Word Origin and History for sedation

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.)).

sedation in Medicine

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.