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twilight sleep

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twilight sleep
n.
An amnesic condition characterized by insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness, induced by an injection of morphine and scopolamine, especially to relieve the pain of childbirth.
twilight sleep
n
(Medicine) Med a state of partial anaesthesia in which the patient retains a slight degree of consciousness
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Noun1.twilight sleeptwilight sleep - a state of general anesthesia in which the person retains a slight degree of consciousness; can be induced by injection of scopolamine or morphine
general anaesthesia, general anesthesia - a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation)


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