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Definition of General anesthesia
1. Noun. A state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation).
Generic synonyms: Anaesthesia, Anesthesia
Specialized synonyms: Inhalation Anesthesia, Twilight Sleep
Lexicographical Neighbors of General Anesthesia
Literary usage of General anesthesia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of the eye: A Handbook of Ophthalmic Practice for Students and by George Edmund De Schweinitz (1913)
"general anesthesia is more satisfactory'. Cocain causes drying and roughening of
the corneal epithelium. This may be partly- avoided by keeping the lids ..."
2. The Art of Anaesthesia by Paluel Joseph Flagg (1922)
"... in which the spinal cord and the peripheral nerves are brought under the
influence of the anaesthetic. general anesthesia In order to produce general ..."
3. Transactions of the American Therapeutic Society by American Therapeutic Society, Albert Ernest Gallant, Peter Brynberg Porter (1911)
"Another method of inducing general anesthesia, also not new, is by intravenous
... In an attempt to produce general anesthesia by intravenous injection, ..."
4. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1921)
"In view of the fact that the dangers of general anesthesia, both immediate and
remote, far outweigh those of local anesthesia, a fact which is, I think, ..."
5. Surgical Operations with Local Anesthesia by Arthur Emanuel Hertzler (1916)
"COMBINED LOCAL AND general anesthesia.—For a long time general anesthesia has
been employed in particularly painful stages where local anesthesia is used ..."
6. Local and Regional Anesthesia: With Chapters on Spinal, Epidural by Carroll Woolsey Allen (1918)
"... CHAPTER XIII general anesthesia THROUGH THE INTRAVENOUS INJECTION OF LOCAL
ANESTHETICS RITTER, experimenting in ..."
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