Anesthesia vs. Anaesthesia

Anesthesianoun

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.

Anesthesianoun

The loss or prevention of sensation, as caused by anesthesia, lesion in the nervous system or other physical abnormality.

Anesthesianoun

Same as Anæsthesia, Anæsthetic.

Anesthesianoun

loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness

Anesthesia

Anesthesia is a state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation or awareness that is induced for medical purposes. It may include some or all of analgesia (relief from or prevention of pain), paralysis (muscle relaxation), amnesia (loss of memory), and unconsciousness.

Anaesthesianoun

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Anaesthesianoun

Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anæsthetic.

Anaesthesianoun

loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness

Anaesthesianoun

insensitivity to pain, especially as artificially induced by the administration of gases or the injection of drugs before surgical operations