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sedation /sɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)n /noun [mass noun]1The action of administering a sedative drug to produce a state of calm or sleep: he was distraught with grief and under sedation...- The nurse or anesthesia care provider may administer preoperative sedation at this time, if needed, to decrease anxiety.
- If the patient exhibits anxiety, medications for sedation also can be administered after the consent is signed.
- They kept me in a medical coma under sedation, so I have no recollection of that time.
1.1A state of calm or sleep produced by a sedative drug.Side effects such as sedation and respiratory depression are increased when methadone is combined with alcohol or other drugs. Origin Mid 16th century: from French sédation or Latin sedatio(n-), from sedare 'settle' (see sedate1). Rhymes ablation, aeration, agnation, Alsatian, Amerasian, Asian, aviation, cetacean, citation, conation, creation, Croatian, counterdemonstration, counterproliferation, crustacean, curation, Dalmatian, delation, dilation, donation, duration, elation, fixation, Galatian, geolocation, glocalization, gyration, Haitian, halation, Horatian, ideation, illation, lavation, legation, libation, location, lunation, mutation, natation, nation, negation, notation, nutation, oblation, oration, ovation, potation, relation, rogation, rotation, Sarmatian, Serbo-Croatian, station, staycation, taxation, Thracian, vacation, vexation, vocation, zonation |