underanesthetized
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From under- + anesthetized.
Adjective
[edit]underanesthetized (comparative more underanesthetized, superlative most underanesthetized)
- Inadequately anesthetized.
- 2007 December 11, Melissa Lafsky, “Onscreen Villain Makes Doctors Wince”, in New York Times[1]:
- Called anesthesia awareness, it occurs when patients wake up during surgery because they are underanesthetized.