a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation)
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Local anesthesia
loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction)
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a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation)
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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Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: loss, sensation, small, area, body.loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: loss, sensation, small, area, body.The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: loss, sensation, small, area, body.Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: loss, sensation, small, area, body.soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: loss, sensation, small, area, body.soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: loss, sensation, small, area, body.A liquid injected into the lower intestines by means of a syringe; an injection; an enema.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: loss, sensation, small, area, body.The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: loss, sensation, small, area, body.soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: loss, sensation, small, area, body.Having the form of a tooth or of teeth; tooth-shaped.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: loss, sensation, small, area, body.Shaped like a tooth; tooth-shaped.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: loss, sensation, small, area, body.a symptom caused by an illness or a drug; "the effects of sleep loss"; "the effect of the anesthetic"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: loss, sensation, small, area, body.regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord; sensation is lost in the abd…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: loss, sensation, small, area, body.
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