(British spelling) Alternative spelling of anesthesia [(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.]
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of anesthesiologist [(American spelling, Canadian spelling) A physician who specializes in anesthesiology and administers anesthesia.]
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of anesthetic [(American spelling, medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.]
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anesthetize. [(transitive) To administer anesthesia to: to render unfeeling or unconscious through the use of narcotic substances, usually either alcohol or pharmaceutical drugs.]
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of anesthetist; an anaesthesiologist. [(American spelling, Canadian spelling, medicine) One who gives an anesthetic.]
(Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of anesthetize [(transitive) To administer anesthesia to: to render unfeeling or unconscious through the use of narcotic substances, usually either alcohol or pharmaceutical drugs.]
(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.
(American spelling, medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.
Alternative form of anesthetize [(transitive) To administer anesthesia to: to render unfeeling or unconscious through the use of narcotic substances, usually either alcohol or pharmaceutical drugs.]
(transitive) To administer anesthesia to: to render unfeeling or unconscious through the use of narcotic substances, usually either alcohol or pharmaceutical drugs.
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of general anesthesia [(American spelling, medicine) A type of anesthesia that causes loss of sensation to the whole body, usually to the point of unconsciousness.]
Alternative spelling of general anesthetic [(medicine) An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation to the whole body, usually to the point of unconsciousness.]
(British spelling) alternative spelling of local anesthetic [(medicine) An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied.]
(by extension) The association of one sensory perception with, or description of it in terms of, a different perception that is not experienced at the same time.
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