anaesthetic

11 letters in word "anaesthetic": A A C E E H I N S T T.

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• Definitions:
• a medication to reduce pain; can be administered as a local anaesthetic confined to use around the source of pain, or as a general anaesthetic ...
• Substance used to reduce pain in an area by controlling nerve endings.
• Drugs to put the patient to sleep (general anaesthetic) or to numb a part of the body (local anaesthetic)
• A drug or drugs given to produce unconsciousness before and during surgery
• A substance that reduces or removes sensation. General anaesthetics affect the whole body, causing loss of consciousness. Local anaesthetics affect only a particular part of the body by inactivating the nerves that detect sensation in that part of the body.
• A chemical that produces loss of consciousness.
• A drug which promotes unconsciousness and/or insensitivity to pain. General anaesthetics can promote both, but always induce unconsciousness. ...
• anesthetic: a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations anesthetic(a): characterized by insensibility; "the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic"; "an anesthetic state"
• Anesthesia or anaesthesia (see spelling differences) has traditionally meant the condition of having the perception of pain and other sensations blocked. This allows patients to undergo surgery and other procedures without the distress and pain they would otherwise experience. ...
• A drug used to prevent pain during surgery or other procedures. A general anaesthetic makes the person unconscious, while a local anaesthetic numbs the area where the surgery is to be performed.

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