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GENERAL ANAESTHESIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation)
Synonyms:
general anaesthesia; general anesthesia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("general anaesthesia" is a kind of...):
anaesthesia; anesthesia (loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "general anaesthesia"):
inhalation anesthesia (general anesthesia achieved by administration of an inhalation anesthetic)
twilight sleep (a state of general anesthesia in which the person retains a slight degree of consciousness; can be induced by injection of scopolamine or morphine)
