See: Anesthesia.

alternative spelling of anesthesia (q.v.). See ae.

deadening of sensation (pop)

Loss of feeling or sensation resulting from the administration of certain drugs or gases.

(n) loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness

A medical way of relieving pain.

Anaesthesia is the process of blocking the perception of pain and other sensations. This allows patients to undergo surgery and other procedures without the distress and pain they would otherwise expe [..]

Loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness achieved with the use of drugs. Some surgical procedures can be done under local anaesthesia, where the area affected by the procedure is [..]

<anaesthetics, neurology> The loss of normal feeling or sensation. Although the term is used for loss of tactile sensibility or of any of the other senses, it is applied especially to loss of the sensation of pain, as it is induced to permit performance of surgery or other painful procedures. Origin: Gr. Aisthesis = sensation American spellin [..]

<anaesthetics> Epidural anaesthesia administered via the sacral canal. American spelling: anesthesia, caudal (12 Dec 1998)

<anaesthetics> Inhalation anaesthesia where the gases exhaled by the patient are rebreathed as some carbon dioxide is simultaneously removed and anaesthetic gas and oxygen are added so that no anaesthetic escapes into the room. Closed-circuit anaesthesia is used especially with explosive anaesthetics to prevent fires where electrical sparking [..]

<anaesthetics> Anaesthesia caused by the breathing of anaesthetic gases or vapors or by insufflating anaesthetic gases or vapors into the respiratory tract. American spelling: anesthesia, inhalation (12 Dec 1998)

<anaesthetics> Anaesthesia confined to one part of the body. Infiltration anaesthesia produces local anaesthesia by deposition of a local anaesthesia solution in the area of small, terminal nerve endings. American spelling: anesthesia, local (12 Dec 1998)

(British spelling,medicine) A method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain. Loss or prevention of pain, as caused by anesthesia.

The loss of feeling or sensation as a result of medication.