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Anesthesia is a drug that numbs part of your body or makes you unconscious so that you don't experience pain during a procedure like surgery.

Anesthesia, pronounced "an-es-THEE-zhuh," comes from the Greek word anaisthetos, meaning "without sensation." There are two kinds of anesthesia: local anesthesia numbs just part of your body, like when a dentist numbs your mouth before filling a cavity. General anesthesia makes you unaware and free of all sensation, like when you are having your spleen removed.

DEFINITIONS OF: anesthesia

n loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness

Synonyms:: anaesthesia

Types:: show 14 types...; hide 14 types...; cryoanaesthesia, cryoanesthesia
insensibility resulting from cold; general anaesthesia, general anesthesia
a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation); local anaesthesia, local anesthesia
loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction); block anaesthesia, block anesthesia, conduction anaesthesia, conduction anesthesia, nerve block anaesthesia, nerve block anesthesia
anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve; produced by an anesthetic agent applied to the nerve; regional anaesthesia, regional anesthesia
loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region (as when an epidural anesthetic is administered to the pelvic region during childbirth); topical anaesthesia, topical anesthesia
loss of sensation confined to the skin or mucous surfaces (as when benzocaine or Lidocaine is applied to the surface); acroanaesthesia, acroanesthesia
loss of sensation in the extremities; caudal anaesthesia, caudal anesthesia, caudal block
regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now largely replaced by epidural anesthesia; epidural, epidural anaesthesia, epidural anesthesia
regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord; sensation is lost in the abdominal and genital and pelvic areas; used in childbirth and gynecological surgery; paracervical block
regional anesthesia resulting from the injection of a local anesthetic on each side of the cervix; used during labor and childbirth; pudendal block
regional anesthesia resulting from the use of a local anesthetic to deaden the pudendal nerves in the region of the vulva and labia majora; used to ease discomfort during childbirth; spinal, spinal anaesthesia, spinal anesthesia
anesthesia of the lower half of the body; caused by injury to the spinal cord or by injecting an anesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane that surrounds the spinal cord; inhalation anesthesia
general anesthesia achieved by administration of an inhalation anesthetic; twilight sleep
a state of general anesthesia in which the person retains a slight degree of consciousness; can be induced by injection of scopolamine or morphine

Type of:: physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state
the condition or state of the body or bodily functions

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