preanaestheticpreanestheticadj.n.
/ˌpriːanᵻsˈθɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌpriˌænəsˈθɛdɪk/ Medicine.
A. adj.
1. Occurring before the introduction of anaesthesia into surgical practice.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > anaesthetization, pain-killing, etc. > [adjective] > anaesthetized > before introduction of anaesthetics
preanaesthetic1872
1872 Lancet 10 Aug. 195/2 It is doubtful if in pre-anaesthetic days some of these cases could have been undertaken at all.
1916 P. J. Flagg Art of Anæsthesia i. 1 The pre-anæsthetic period ends and the anæsthetic period begins with the discovery of ether in 1842 and its general introduction in 1846.
1989 New Scientist 28 Jan. 73/4 They offer calm introductions to horrific descriptions of first-hand experiences, written by those who had endured surgery in pre-anaesthetic days.
2. Used, carried out, or occurring before the induction of anaesthesia.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > anaesthetization, pain-killing, etc. > [adjective] > anaesthetized > preliminary to anaesthetic treatment
preanaesthetic1925
1925 Sci. Monthly Mar. 328 1881... Alexander Crombil, Calcutta Medical College, applies Claude Bernard's idea (1869) of pre-anesthetic medication with morphine.
1930 Druggists Circular Dec. 73/2 Nembutal, ‘844’, a new pre-anesthetic sedative and hypnotic,..described as being effective in allaying the apprehension and fear of patients about to undergo an operation.
1974 A. Freeman in M. Lichtiger & F. Moya Introd. Pract. of Anesthesia xxvii. 334 A barbiturate combined with a narcotic and a belladonna alkaloid produces suitable preanesthetic sedation in most children.
1987 E. W. Burr Compan. Bird Med. xxiii. 148/1 During the preanesthetic evaluation, diagnostic tests can be performed.
1998 Guardian 26 Sept. (Saturday section) 8/4 Chlorpromazine was originally used as a preanaesthetic sedative in post-war France.
B. n.
A drug (typically a sedative, hypnotic, or analgesic) used before the induction of anaesthesia.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > [noun] > preparatory medicines
preparativea1400
preparer1610
preparatory1676
premedication1920
premedicant1929
preanaesthetic1930
pre-med1964
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > anaesthetic > [noun] > pre-anaesthetic
preanaesthetic1930
1930 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 9 15 Sodium iso-amyl-ethyl-barbiturate used as a preanesthetic, with a dose just large enough to make the patient lose consciousness.
1957 S. M. Brooks Basic Facts Pharmacol. ii. 76 The most popular preanesthetic is a combination of morphine and atropine.
1987 E. W. Burr Compan. Bird Med. xxiii. 148/2 For the most part, preanesthetics are not administered before surgery.
Derivatives
ˌpreanaesˈthetically adv. before the induction of anaesthesia.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > anaesthetization, pain-killing, etc. > [adverb] > anaesthetically > before introduction of anaesthetics
preanaesthetically1952
1952 V. J. Collins Princ. & Pract. Anesthesiol. vii. 64 His work indicated one of the primary objects in the use of morphine preanesthetically.
1989 Anesthesia & Analgesia 69 431 The patients were preanesthetically in a hyperdynamic-hypermetabolic state.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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