ANESTHESIA meaning: Loss of sensation, pain relief

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▸ noun:  (medicine, American spelling, Canadian spelling) 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.
▸ noun:  (American spelling) 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.
▸ noun:  (loosely, metonymically, often proscribed) A medication that provides the service of temporarily blocking sensation.

Opposite:

sensation, awareness, feeling, perception, responsiveness

Types:

general anesthesia, local anesthesia, regional anesthesia, spinal anesthesia, epidural anesthesia, conscious sedation, MAC anesthesia, more...

Phrases:

general anesthesia, Local anesthesia, spinal anesthesia, regional anesthesia, epidural anesthesia, more...

Adjectives:

general, local, spinal, regional, topical, surgical, epidural, deep, light, intravenous, complete

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pale blue, light green, muted lavender, pastel pink, light coral, more...

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