English > anesthesia: 1 sense > noun 1, state| Meaning | Loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness. |
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| Synonym | anaesthesia |
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| Narrower | conduction anesthesia, conduction anaesthesia, nerve block anesthesia, nerve block anaesthesia, block anesthesia, block anaesthesia | anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve |
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| cryoanesthesia, cryoanaesthesia | insensibility resulting from cold |
| general anesthesia, general anaesthesia | A state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation) |
| local anesthesia, local anaesthesia | Loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction) |
| regional anesthesia, regional anaesthesia | Loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region (as when an epidural anesthetic is administered to the pelvic region during childbirth) |
| topical anesthesia, topical anaesthesia | Loss of sensation confined to the skin or mucous surfaces (as when benzocaine or Lidocaine is applied to the surface) |
| Broader | physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition | The condition or state of the body or bodily functions |
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| Spanish | anestesia |
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| Catalan | anestesia, anestèsia |
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| Adjectives | anesthetic | relating to or producing insensibility |
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| anesthetic | characterized by insensibility |
| Nouns | anesthetist | a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated |
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