Meaning

1 senses
  1. (US, countable, uncountable)A type of anesthesia that causes loss of sensation to the whole body, usually to the point of unconsciousness.

    Narkose

    нарко́зnarkóz

More definitions
  • a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation)

Examples

2 sentences
  1. I'm afraid of general anesthesia.

    Я боюся наркозу. — deniko

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  2. I had all four wisdom teeth removed under general anesthesia because they were impacted and the procedure necessitated several hours of surgery.

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Translations

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Forms

plural: general anesthesias

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation):general anaesthesia

Word family

1 related words

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