Anesthesia vs. Analgesia

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.

Analgesianoun

(medicine) The inability to feel pain

Analgesianoun

(pharmaceutical drug) Medication that acts to relieve pain

Analgesianoun

Absence of sensibility to pain.

Analgesianoun

absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness