anaesthesia

[ an-uhs-thee-zhuh ]
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nounMedicine/Medical, Pathology.

Other words from anaesthesia

  • an·aes·thet·ic [an-uhs-thet-ik], /ˌæn əsˈθɛt ɪk/, adjective, noun
  • an·aes·the·tist [uh-nes-thi-tist or, especially British, uh-nees-], /əˈnɛs θɪ tɪst or, especially British, əˈnis-/, noun
  • sem·i·an·aes·thet·ic, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for anaesthesia

anaesthesia

US anesthesia

/ (ˌænɪsˈθiːzɪə) /


noun
  1. local or general loss of bodily sensation, esp of touch, as the result of nerve damage or other abnormality

  2. loss of sensation, esp of pain, induced by drugs: called general anaesthesia when consciousness is lost and local anaesthesia when only a specific area of the body is involved

  1. a general dullness or lack of feeling

Origin of anaesthesia

1
C19: from New Latin, from Greek anaisthēsia absence of sensation, from an- + aisthēsis feeling

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