a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation)
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General anesthesia
a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation)
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loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity, Anaesthesiology.loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Surgery, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity, Anaesthesiology.loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region (as w…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity, Anaesthesiology.loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region (as w…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity, Anaesthesiology.(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.(veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.(medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal; "curvature of the spine"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.(pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation; "any food produced irritation of the stomach"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.(psychiatry) a disorder of memory in which dreams or fantasies are confused with reality
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers; in humans it can result from heredity or hormonal imbalance or cert…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.abnormal displacement of any wall that separates two chambers (usually in the nasal cavity)
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(chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a perc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: total, unconsciousness, resulting, anesthetic, drugs.A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: total, unconsciousness, resulting, anesthetic, drugs.partial or total loss of memory; "he has a total blackout for events of the evening"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: total, unconsciousness, resulting, anesthetic, drugs.free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms; "a sterile operating area"; "aseptic surgical instruments"; "ase…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: total, unconsciousness, resulting, anesthetic, drugs.To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits; as, to balance a set of b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: total, unconsciousness, resulting, anesthetic, drugs.regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now largely replaced by epidura…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: total, unconsciousness, resulting, anesthetic, drugs.regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now largely replaced by epidura…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: total, unconsciousness, resulting, anesthetic, drugs.regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now largely replaced by epidura…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: total, unconsciousness, resulting, anesthetic, drugs.The group of seven stars, commonly called the Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major, or Great Bear. See Ursa major, under Ursa.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: total, unconsciousness, resulting, anesthetic, drugs.The Greek major third, which comprehend two major tones (the modern major third contains one major and one minor whole tone).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: total, unconsciousness, resulting, anesthetic, drugs.One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: total, unconsciousness, resulting, anesthetic, drugs.One who deals in drugs; especially, one who buys and sells drugs without compounding them; also, a pharmaceutist or apothecary.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: total, unconsciousness, resulting, anesthetic, drugs.Major; in the major mode; as, C dur, that is, C major.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: total, unconsciousness, resulting, anesthetic, drugs.
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