Look up: Anesthesia

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   anesthesia
   [n] - loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness
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   Anesthesia
   medication which relieves the sensation of pain.
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   Anesthesia
   loss of sensation in the body induced by an anesthetic
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   Anesthesia
   Anesthesia: Loss of feeling or awareness. A general anesthetic puts the person to sleep. A local anesthetic causes loss of feeling in a part of the body such as a tooth or an area of skin without affecting consciousness. Regional anesthesia numbs a larger part of the body such as a leg or arm, also without affecting consciousness. The term 'conduct ...
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   Anesthesia
   An`es·the'si·a noun , An`es*thet'ic adjective Same as Anęsthesia , Anęsthetic .
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   anesthesia
   Loss of normal sensation or feeling. ... A drug used to produce anesthesia. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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   anesthesia
   anaesthesia noun loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness
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   Anesthesia
   `Anesthesia` or `anaesthesia` has traditionally meant the condition of having the feeling of pain and other sensations blocked. This allows patients to undergo surgery and other procedures without the distress and pain they would otherwise experience. The word was coined by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. in 1846. Another definition is a `reversible lack of awareness`, whether this is a total lack of awareness (e.g. a general anaesthestic) or a lack o...
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   anesthesia
   (an″es-the“zhә) lack of feeling or sensation. artificially induced loss of ability to feel pain, done to permit the performance of surgery or other painful procedures. It may be produced by a number of agents (anesthetics) capable of bringing about partial or complete loss of sensation.
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    Anesthesia
    • (a.) Alt. of Anesthetic
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    anesthesia
    (from the article `conversion disorder`) ...have been `converted` into physical symptoms. Sensory disturbances may range from paresthesias (`peculiar` sensations) through hyperesthesias ...
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    anesthesia
    anesthesia A total or partial loss of the sense of pain, temperature, touch, etc.
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    anesthesia
    anaesthesia, anesthesia A partial or total loss of the sense of pain, temperature, touch, etc.; that may be produced by disease or an anesthetic. Local anaesthesia affects a limited area of the body; as opposed to general anaesthesia, which impacts the whole body. Although the term is used for loss of tactile sensibility, or of any of the other senses, it is applied esp...
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    anesthesia
    An absence of sensation, which may be of three types: general, local, pathological. General anesthesia is a reversible state of drug-induced suppression of reflexes, this facilitates many surgical procedures and avoids distress. An anesthesiologist attends to ensure stable anesthesia and to protect ...
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    Anesthesia
    The partial or complete loss of sensation ,with or without loss of consciousness, that is induced by injection or inhalation. Anesthesia is most often tused o prevent pain and discomfort during a procedure, surgery or childbirth. Narrower term(s): Epidural Spinal Block Regional Anesthesia
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    anesthesia
    anesthesia (ănisthē'zhu) [Gr.,=insensibility], loss of sensation, especially that of pain, induced by drugs, especially as a means of facilitating safe surgical procedures. Early modern medical anesthesia dates to experiments with nitrous oxide (laughing gas) by Sir Humphry Davy of E...
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