anaesthesia

an·aes·the·sia  (ns-thzh)

n.

Variant of anesthesia.

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anaesthesia or US anesthesia [an-niss-theez-ee-a]

Noun

loss of bodily feeling caused by disease or accident or by drugs such as ether: called [general anaesthesia] when consciousness is lost and [local anaesthesia] when only a specific area of the body is involved [Greek]

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anesthesia, anaesthesia, anesthesis, anaesthesis

the absence of physical sensation. — anesthesiologist, anaesthesiologist, anaesthetist, n. — anesthetic, anaesthetic, n., adj.

See also: Health

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

anaesthesia - loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness anesthesia cryoanaesthesia, cryoanesthesia - insensibility resulting from cold general anaesthesia, general anesthesia - a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation) local anaesthesia, local anesthesia - loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction) block anaesthesia, block anesthesia, conduction anaesthesia, conduction anesthesia, nerve block anaesthesia, nerve block anesthesia - anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve; produced by an anesthetic agent applied to the nerve regional anaesthesia, regional anesthesia - loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region (as when an epidural anesthetic is administered to the pelvic region during childbirth) topical anaesthesia, topical anesthesia - loss of sensation confined to the skin or mucous surfaces (as when benzocaine or Lidocaine is applied to the surface) physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions