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Pronunciation / Transliteration: anesthésie
"L'opération a été réalisée sous anesthésie générale."
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Insensibility to pain, especially as artificially induced by the administration of gases or the injection of drugs before surgical operations.
"The patient was placed under general anesthesia before the surgery began."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in 1846 by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. from Greek an- ('without') + aisthesis ('feeling, sensation') + -ia.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "anesthesia" is said worldwide
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anesthésie
Transliteration: anesthésie
"L'opération a été réalisée sous anesthésie générale."
Anästhesie
Transliteration: Anästhesie
"Der Patient bekam eine Vollnarkose."
anestesia
Transliteration: anestesia
"L'intervento chirurgico richiede l'anestesia totale."
anestesia
Transliteration: anestesia
"El médico administró la anestesia antes de la operación."
anestesia
Transliteration: anestesia
"Ela não sentiu nada por causa da anestesia."
एनीस्थीसिया
Transliteration: enistisiya
"ऑपरेशन से पहले मरीज को बेहोशी की दवा दी गई।"
麻醉
Transliteration: mázuì
"手术是在全身麻醉下进行的。"
마취
Transliteration: machwi
"환자는 전신 마취 상태에서 수술을 받았다."
麻酔
Transliteration: masui
"手術の前に麻酔をかけました。"
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