anestesi

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Etymology

From Dutch anesthesie, from Ancient Greek ἀναισθησία (anaisthēsía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) with αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “sensation”). Coined in 1846 C.E. by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., in a letter to dentist William T. G. Morton, the first practitioner to publicly demonstrate the use of ether during surgery.

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  • Hyphenation: anés‧té‧si

Noun

anéstési (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) anesthesia; anaesthesia:
    1. an artificial method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain without causing loss of vital functions, by the administration of one or more agents which block pain impulses before transmitted to the brain.
    2. the loss or prevention of sensation, as caused by anesthesia, lesion in the nervous system or other physical abnormality.

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Noun

anestesi m (definite singular anestesien, indefinite plural anestesier, definite plural anestesiene)

  1. anaesthesia, or anesthesia (US)

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Noun

anestesi m (definite singular anestesien, indefinite plural anestesiar, definite plural anestesiane)

  1. anaesthesia, or anesthesia (US)

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