anaesthesia

Noun

Insensitivity to pain, especially as artificially induced by the administration of gases or the injection of drugs before surgical operations.

ریشه

Derived from the Greek words 'an-' meaning 'without', and 'aisthesis' meaning 'sensation'.

مثال

• The patient was put under anaesthesia before the surgery.
• Local anaesthesia was used for the minor procedure.
• The anaesthesia wore off a few hours after the operation.

ترکیب‌های رایج

Under anaesthesia Local anaesthesia General anaesthesia Administer anaesthesia