- inhalation anesthesia
- anesthesia produced by the inhalation of vapors of a volatile liquid or gaseous anesthetic agent.
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inhalation anesthesia
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inhalation anesthesia — noun general anesthesia achieved by administration of an inhalation anesthetic • Hypernyms: ↑general anesthesia, ↑general anaesthesia … Useful english dictionary
Anesthesia — Not to be confused with Paresthesia. For other uses, see Anesthesia (disambiguation). Anesthesia, or anaesthesia (see spelling differences; from Greek αν , an , without ; and αἴσθησις, aisthēsis, sensation ), traditionally meant the condition of… … Wikipedia
anesthesia — /an euhs thee zheuh/, n. 1. Med. general or local insensibility, as to pain and other sensation, induced by certain interventions or drugs to permit the performance of surgery or other painful procedures. 2. Pathol. general loss of the senses of… … Universalium
Anesthesia — Loss of feeling or awareness. A local anesthetic causes loss of feeling in a part of the body. A general anesthetic puts the person to sleep. * * * 1. Loss of sensation resulting from pharmacologic depression of nerve function or from neurologic… … Medical dictionary
inhalation anaesthetic — noun a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled • Syn: ↑inhalation anesthetic, ↑inhalation general anesthetic, ↑inhalation general anaesthetic • Hypernyms: ↑general anesthetic, ↑general anaesthetic … Useful english dictionary
inhalation anesthetic — noun a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled • Syn: ↑inhalation anaesthetic, ↑inhalation general anesthetic, ↑inhalation general anaesthetic • Hypernyms: ↑general anesthetic, ↑general anaesthetic … Useful english dictionary
inhalation general anaesthetic — noun a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled • Syn: ↑inhalation anesthetic, ↑inhalation anaesthetic, ↑inhalation general anesthetic • Hypernyms: ↑general anesthetic, ↑general anaesthetic • … Useful english dictionary
inhalation general anesthetic — noun a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled • Syn: ↑inhalation anesthetic, ↑inhalation anaesthetic, ↑inhalation general anaesthetic • Hypernyms: ↑general anesthetic, ↑general anaesthetic • … Useful english dictionary
closed circuit anesthesia — inhalation anesthesia maintained by the continuous rebreathing of a relatively small amount of anesthetic gas and a basal amount of oxygen, normally used with an absorption apparatus for the removal of carbon dioxide … Medical dictionary
general anesthesia — noun a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation) • Syn: ↑general anaesthesia • Hypernyms: ↑anesthesia, ↑anaesthesia • Hyponyms: ↑inhalation anesthesia, ↑twilight sleep … Useful english dictionary
