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Anesthesia
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anesthesia
anesthesia
See also: anesthésia
English
Alternative forms
- anaesthesia (alternative spelling)
Noun
anesthesia (countable and uncountable, plural anesthesias)
- (American, medicine) A method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain.
- The loss or prevention of pain, as caused by anesthesia.
Translations
loss of bodily sensation
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