anesthesia
An artificial method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain without causing…An artificial method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain without causing loss of vital functions, by the administration of one or more agents which block pain impulses before transmitted to the brain.
» I'll give you anesthesia.
Meaning
3 senses(Canada, US, countable, uncountable)An artificial method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain without causing loss of vital functions, by the administration of one or more agents which block pain impulses before transmitted to the brain.
Anästhesie, Narkose, Betäubung
анестези́яanɛstɛzíja, обезбо́ливаниеobezbólivanije
анестезі́яanestezíja, знебо́люванняznebóljuvannja, обезбо́люванняobezbóljuvannja
(US, countable, uncountable)The loss or prevention of sensation, as caused by anesthesia (in the above sense), or by a lesion in the nervous system, or by another physical abnormality.
(broadly, countable, metonymically, often, proscribed, uncountable)A medication that provides the service of temporarily blocking sensation.
- loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness
Examples
15 sentencesI'll give you anesthesia.
How did you get through anesthesia?
Як ти переніс наркоз? — deniko
deWie haben Sie die Narkose überstanden? — corvard
I'm afraid of general anesthesia.
Я боюся наркозу. — deniko
Is it operation with using anesthesia?
ruОперация с наркозом? — nina99nv
Boldi was operated on without anesthesia.
Translations
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Origin
Sense of “insensibility” attested since 1679, from New Latin anaesthēsia, from Ancient GreSense of “insensibility” attested since 1679, from New Latin anaesthēsia, from Ancient Greek ἀναισθησία (anaisthēsía, “without sensation”), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) and αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “sensation”). By surface analysis, an- + -esthesia.
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Forms
plural: anesthesiasSynonyms
2 synonyms- loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness:anaesthesia
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
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