ALL meanings of anaesthesia
an·aes·the·sia
A a - uncountable noun anaesthesia Anaesthesia is the use of anaesthetics in medicine and surgery. 3
- noun anaesthesia local or general loss of bodily sensation, esp of touch, as the result of nerve damage or other abnormality 3
- noun anaesthesia loss of sensation, esp of pain, induced by drugs: called general anaesthesia when consciousness is lost and local anaesthesia when only a specific area of the body is involved 3
- noun anaesthesia a general dullness or lack of feeling 3
- abbreviation ANAESTHESIA anesthesia 3
- noun anaesthesia Medicine/Medical. general or local insensibility, as to pain and other sensation, induced by certain interventions or drugs to permit the performance of surgery or other painful procedures. 1
- noun anaesthesia Pathology. general loss of the senses of feeling, as pain, heat, cold, touch, and other less common varieties of sensation. 1
- noun anaesthesia Psychiatry. absence of sensation due to psychological processes, as in conversion disorders. 1
- noun anaesthesia (medicine) A method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain. 1
- noun anaesthesia (British, medicine) A method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain. 0
- noun anaesthesia Loss or prevention of pain, as caused by anesthesia. 0