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Anaesthesia - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Anaesthesia : (noun)
1: loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of
consciousness [syn: anesthesia]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Anaesthesia : \An`[ae]s*the"si*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; 'an priv. _
? feeling, ? to feel: cf. F. anesth['e]sie. See
[AE]sthetics.] (Med.)
Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a
state of general or local insensibility produced by disease
or by the inhalation or application of an an[ae]sthetic.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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