anaesthesia
noun/ˌænəsˈθiːziə/
/ˌænəsˈθiːʒə/
(US English anesthesia )
[uncountable]- the use of anaesthetics during medical operations
- under anaesthesia surgery carried out under anaesthesia
- (specialist) the state of being unable to feel anything, especially pain
Word Originearly 18th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek anaisthēsia, from an- ‘without’ + aisthēsis ‘sensation’.
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