anaesthesianoun [ U ]
mainly UK US usually anesthesia uk/ˌæn.əsˈθiː.zi.ə//ˌæn.əsˈθiː.ʒə/us/ˌæn.əsˈθiː.zi.ə//ˌæn.əsˈθiː.ʒə/a state in which someone does not feel pain, usually because of drugs they have been given
specialized medical the quality of being unable to feel heat, cold, pain, touch, etc.
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Medical treatment: surgery
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- anesthesiology
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- laminectomy
- laparoscopic
- laparoscopy
- laparotomy
- ligation
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- pump out sth
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- tuck
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