anesthesia

Speech parts

1. anesthesia - Noun

2. anesthesia - Adjective

Meaning

Alt. of Anesthetic

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

anaesthesia hypnosis anaesthetic narcosis sedation analgesia numbing unconsciousness daze pica sleep relief ease asleep coma
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Antonyms

interest desire feeling consciousness impression sensitivity
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Hypernyms

physical condition physiological state physiological condition

Hyponyms

general anesthesia general anaesthesia cryoanaesthesia cryoanesthesia regional anesthesia regional anaesthesia

Related terms

anesthetic anesthesiologist anesthesiology anesthetize anesthesis anesthetics

Phrases with the word

topical anesthesia intrathecal anesthesia spinal anesthesia intraspinal anesthesia anesthesia care provider anesthesia clinician

Anagrams

Taishanese

Examples

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life. George Bernard Shaw

To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia - to mistake an ordinary young woman for a goddess. H. L. Mencken

Circumcision in the United States is routinely performed without anesthesia, though anesthesia reduces the infant's stress and prevents infection and blood clots. Warren Farrell

From what I have observed, when the anesthesia of love wears off, there is always the pain of consequences. You don't have to be stupid to marry the wrong man. Amy Tan

The deliberate aim at Peace very easily passes into its bastard substitute, Anesthesia. Alfred North Whitehead

I dont know where the idea originated that memoir writing is cathartic. For me, its always felt like playing my own neurosurgeon, sans anesthesia. As a memoirist, you have to crack your head open and examine every uncomfortable thing in there. Koren Zailckas

Close letter words and terms

anerythrism anerythristic anesis anesthesia care provider anesthesia clinician anesthesia consultant