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GENERAL ANESTHESIA
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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 anesthesia" 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 anesthesia"):
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)
Context examples:
Drugs from this chemical class are used for their central nervous system depressant properties including sedation, facilitation of sleep, seizure control, general anesthesia, anxiolytic, amnestic, and for detoxification from similar (cross tolerant) drugs
(Benzodiazepine, NCI Thesaurus)
