anesthesia

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  • (UK) IPA: /æn.əsˈθiːz.i.ə/
  • (US) IPA: /æn.əs.ˈθi.ʒə/

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anesthesia (countable and uncountable; plural anesthesias)

  1. (medicine) A method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain.
  2. The loss or prevention of pain, as caused by anesthesia.

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