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anaesthesia

Pronunciation: /ˌanɪsˈθiːzɪə/

(US anesthesia)

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Definition of anaesthesia

noun

[mass noun]

insensitivity to pain, especially as artificially induced by the administration of gases or the injection of drugs before surgical operations: during anaesthesia body temperature falls due to the effect of drugs modern clinical anaesthesia uses low concentrations of volatile anaesthetics