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anaesthesia

The definition of anaesthesia is a condition where a person is not aware of pain, touch or temperature or anything that comes into contact with his body and the person may or may not be conscious during that time.

(noun)

A person undergoing major surgery is an example of a person who is in a state of anaesthesia.

See anaesthesia in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

anesthesia

Related Forms:

anaesthetic adjective, noun
anaesthetist noun
anaesthetize transitive verb anaesthetized, anaesthetizing

See anaesthesia in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Variant of anesthesia.

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