Synonyms for anesthesia

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Noun

Antonyms

aesthesia, esthesia, sensation

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Definitions

1. n. 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.

Related words

Word family

anesthesiologist anesthetic anesthetize

Other spellings

anaesthesia UK

Forms

Plural

anesthesias → anesthetics…

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

10 letters

anesthetic⁴

11 letters

anaesthetic⁴, anaesthesic

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (anesthetic⁴ = 4 syllables).

In other languages

Français

anesthésie

Deutsch

Anästhesie