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Definitions of anesthesia in various dictionaries:
noun - loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness
Total or partial loss of sensation, especially tactile sensibility, induced by disease, injury, acupuncture, or an anesthetic, such as chloroform or nitrous oxide.
Local or general insensibility to pain with or without the loss of consciousness, induced by an anesthetic.
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| Loss of bodily sensation |
| Number of people |
| Operating room number? |
| Number of folks? |
| Cause of senselessness |
| It can knock you out |
| Surgical tool |
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| Jan 19 2013 Universal |
| Jul 15 2012 L.A. Times Daily |
| Jan 8 2011 L.A. Times Daily |
| Sep 4 2010 New York Times |
| Aug 20 2010 L.A. Times Daily |
| Jul 29 2006 New York Times |
| May 27 2003 USA Today |
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| Local or general, this medical term comes from Greek meaning "insensibility" |
| William Halsted developed a cocaine addiction while researching new methods of this for the O.R. |
| The epidural type of this lowers blood pressure during labor as well as removing sensation |
| 1846: Drs. Morton & Jackson for this, used in surgery... zzzz |
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| insensitivity to pain, especially as artificially induced by the administration of gases or the injection of drugs before surgical operations. |
| loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness |
| Insensitivity to pain, especially as artificially induced by the administration of gases or the injection of drugs before surgical operations. |
| US spelling of anaesthesia |
| the condition of not feeling pain, esp. by use of special drugs: |
| Total or partial loss of sensation, especially tactile sensibility, induced by disease, injury, acupuncture, or an anesthetic, such as chloroform or nitrous oxide. |
| Local or general insensibility to pain with or without the loss of consciousness, induced by an anesthetic. |
| A drug, administered for medical or surgical purposes, that induces partial or total loss of sensation and may be topical, local, regional, or general, depending on the method of administration and area of the body affected. |
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In the practice of medicine (especially surgery and dentistry), anesthesia or anaesthesia (from Greek "without sensation") is a state of temporary induced loss of sensation or awareness. It may include analgesia (relief from or prevention of pain), paralysis (muscle relaxation), amnesia (loss of memory), or unconsciousness. A patient under the effects of anesthetic drugs is referred to as being anesthetized. * Anesthesia enables the painless performance of medical procedures that would cause severe or intolerable pain to an unanesthetized patient. Three broad categories of anaesthesia exist:* General anesthesia suppresses central nervous system activity and results in unconsciousness and total lack of sensation. * Sedation suppresses the central nervous system to a lesser degree, inhibiting both anxiety and creation of long-term memories without resulting in unconsciousness. * Regional anesthesia and local anesthesia, which block transmission of nerve impulses between a targeted part of the |