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Definition of Anaesthesia
1. Noun. Loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness.
Specialized synonyms: Cryoanaesthesia, Cryoanesthesia, General Anaesthesia, General Anesthesia, Local Anaesthesia, Local Anesthesia, Block Anaesthesia, Block Anesthesia, Conduction Anaesthesia, Conduction Anesthesia, Nerve Block Anaesthesia, Nerve Block Anesthesia, Regional Anaesthesia, Regional Anesthesia, Topical Anaesthesia, Topical Anesthesia
Generic synonyms: Physical Condition, Physiological Condition, Physiological State
Derivative terms: Anaesthetic, Anaesthetist, Anesthetic, Anesthetist
Definition of Anaesthesia
1. Noun. (medicine) A method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain. ¹
2. Noun. Loss or prevention of pain, as caused by anesthesia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anaesthesia
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Medical Definition of Anaesthesia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Anaesthesia
Literary usage of Anaesthesia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"Pain in inducing the anaesthesia is so slight that it need not be considered; it
is caused principally by the initial entrance of the needle into the skin ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1874)
"However, this is not the point before us, as every one admits that a person in
a state of complete anaesthesia may unconsciously be submitted to violence ..."
3. A Text-book of Practical Medicine: With Particular Reference to Physiology by Felix von Niemeyer (1869)
"The action of continued cold induces anaesthesia of the skin. Part of this is
undoubtedly due to the contractile power of cold upon the skin, ..."
4. A Treatise on Diseases of the Nervous System by William Alexander Hammond (1871)
"anaesthesia of peripheral origin in the cutaneous nerves is often accompanied
... Peripheral cutaneous anaesthesia may be produced by a variety of causes. ..."
5. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"anaesthesia IN THE FOWL By FTW JORDAN, J. SANFORD* and A. WRIGHT School of
Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool INTRODUCTION anaesthesia of the ..."
6. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1905)
"In other parts the surgeon can generally leave the anaesthesia entirely to the
responsibility of the administrator, although their co-operation is required ..."
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