anesthesia en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌæn.əsˈti.ʒə/ (General-American, nonstandard)
- /ˌæn.əsˈθi.ʒə/ (General-American)
- /ˌæn.əsˈθiːz.i.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Sense of “insensibility” attested since 1679, from New Latin anaesthēsia, from Ancient Greek ἀναισθησία (anaisthēsía, “without sensation”), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) and αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “sensation”). By surface analysis, an- + -esthesia. Sense of “state induced by an agent” attested since 1846.
Meanings
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(Canada, US, countable, uncountable) An artificial method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain without causing loss of vital functions, by the administration of one or more agents which block pain impulses before transmitted to the brain.
In addition, 0.5 ml of 1% lidocaine HCl was injected subcutaneously in the postauricular area for local anesthesia.
2015 August 27, “Intracochlear Bleeding Enhances Cochlear Fibrosis and Ossification: An Animal Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
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(US, countable, uncountable) The loss or prevention of sensation, as caused by anesthesia (in the above sense), or by a lesion in the nervous system, or by another physical abnormality.
In some individuals optimism may become quasi-pathological. The capacity for even a transient sadness or a momentary humility seems cut off from them as by a kind of congenital anæsthesia.
1902, William James, “Lectures 4 & 5”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC:
- (broadly, countable, metonymically, often, proscribed, uncountable) A medication that provides the service of temporarily blocking sensation.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| anesthesias | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| anæsthesia | alternative, dated | lexicographic | |
| anaesthesia | Commonwealth, alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Coordinates
analgesia · analgesia · analgesic
Deriveds
neuroleptanesthesia · hemianesthesia · postanesthesia · electroanesthesia · neuroanesthesia · thermanesthesia · preanesthesia · subanesthesia · thermoanesthesia · paranesthesia · cryoanesthesia · teleanesthesia
Relateds
anesthetics · anesthesis · anesthetic · anesthetize · anesthesiologist · anesthesiology
Synonyms
Translations (63)
sv bedövning (loss of bodily sensation) · hi निश्चेतक (loss of bodily sensation) · hy անզգայություն (loss of bodily sensation) · tl pangimay (loss of bodily sensation) · id anestesi (loss of bodily sensation) · fo doyving (loss of bodily sensation) · nl verdoving (loss of bodily sensation) · hu érzéketlenség (loss of bodily sensation) · be абязбо́льванне (loss of bodily sensation) · xal менрәлт (loss of bodily sensation) · sh анестезија (loss of bodily sensation) · af narkose (loss of bodily sensation) · nl anesthesie (loss of bodily sensation) · hy զգայազրկում (loss of bodily sensation) · hu érzéstelenítés (loss of bodily sensation) · kk ауыртқызбаушылық (loss of bodily sensation) · de Betäubung (loss of bodily sensation) · es anestesia (loss of bodily sensation) · ga ainéistéise (loss of bodily sensation) · fr anesthésie (loss of bodily sensation) · ca anestèsia (loss of bodily sensation) · af verdowing (loss of bodily sensation) · tr anestezi (loss of bodily sensation) · de Anästhesie (loss of bodily sensation) · uk знебо́лювання (loss of bodily sensation) · ru обезбо́ливание (loss of bodily sensation) · sk anestézia (loss of bodily sensation) · nb bedøvelse (loss of bodily sensation) · ko 마취 (loss of bodily sensation) · pt anestesia (loss of bodily sensation) · ceb pabanhod (loss of bodily sensation) · el αναισθησία (loss of bodily sensation) · fa هوشبری (loss of bodily sensation) · eo anestezo (loss of bodily sensation) · mi kēkerewaitanga (loss of bodily sensation) · ar تَخْدِير (loss of bodily sensation) · cmn 麻醉 (loss of bodily sensation) · mr भूल (loss of bodily sensation) · sv anestesi (loss of bodily sensation) · de Narkose (loss of bodily sensation) · pl anestezja (loss of bodily sensation) · pl znieczulenie (loss of bodily sensation) · da narkose (loss of bodily sensation) · da anæstesi (loss of bodily sensation) · th อาการชา (loss of bodily sensation) · cs anestezie (loss of bodily sensation) · sv smärtlindring (loss of bodily sensation) · vi sự gây tê (loss of bodily sensation) · uk обезбо́лювання (loss of bodily sensation) · hy անզգայացում (loss of bodily sensation) · tl hirandam (loss of bodily sensation) · fr anæsthésie (loss of bodily sensation) · is deyfing (loss of bodily sensation) · tl pampamanhid (loss of bodily sensation) · sh anestezija (loss of bodily sensation) · be анестэзі́я (loss of bodily sensation) · hu anesztézia (loss of bodily sensation) · fi puudutus (loss of bodily sensation) · fi anestesia (loss of bodily sensation) · he הרדמה (loss of bodily sensation) · uk анестезі́я (loss of bodily sensation) · ja 麻酔 (loss of bodily sensation) · ru анестези́я (loss of bodily sensation)