English Explanatory Dictionary

anesthesia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. A medication that provides the service of temporarily blocking sensation.

Pronunciation

/ˌæn.əsˈθiːz.i.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-anesthesia.wav /ˌæn.əsˈθi.ʒə/ /ˌæn.əsˈti.ʒə/ /ənəˈt̪ʰiʒɪjɑ/ /ənəˈt̪ʰeʒɪjɑ/

Word forms

anesthesia anesthesias anaesthesia anæsthesia

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.

Synonyms

anesthetic

Antonyms

aesthesia

Related words

anesthesiologist anesthesiology anesthesis anesthetic anesthetics anesthetize

Derived words

cryoanesthesia electroanesthesia hemianesthesia neuroanesthesia neuroleptanesthesia paranesthesia postanesthesia preanesthesia subanesthesia teleanesthesia thermanesthesia thermoanesthesia

Translations

Afrikaans: narkose Afrikaans: verdowing Arabic: تَخْدِير Armenian: անզգայացում Armenian: զգայազրկում Armenian: անզգայություն Belarusian: анестэзі́я Belarusian: абязбо́льванне Catalan: anestèsia Cebuano: pabanhod Chinese Mandarin: 麻醉 Czech: anestezie Danish: anæstesi Danish: narkose Dutch: verdoving Dutch: anesthesie Esperanto: anestezo Faroese: doyving Finnish: anestesia Finnish: puudutus French: anesthésie French: anæsthésie German: Anästhesie German: Narkose German: Betäubung Greek: αναισθησία Hebrew: הרדמה Hindi: निश्चेतक Hungarian: érzéstelenítés Hungarian: anesztézia Hungarian: érzéketlenség Icelandic: deyfing Indonesian: anestesi Irish: ainéistéise Japanese: 麻酔 Kalmyk: менрәлт Kazakh: ауыртқызбаушылық Korean: 마취 Māori: kēkerewaitanga Marathi: भूल Norwegian Bokmål: bedøvelse Persian: هوشبری Polish: znieczulenie Polish: anestezja Portuguese: anestesia Russian: анестези́я Russian: обезбо́ливание Serbo-Croatian: анестезија Serbo-Croatian: anestezija Slovak: anestézia Spanish: anestesia Swedish: smärtlindring Swedish: bedövning Swedish: anestesi Tagalog: pangimay Tagalog: pampamanhid Tagalog: hirandam Thai: อาการชา Turkish: anestezi
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