Hypertext Webster Gateway: "anaesthesia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anaesthesia \An`[ae]s*the"si*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; 'an priv. +
? feeling, ? to feel: cf. F. anesth['e]sie. See
{[AE]sthetics}.] (Med.)
Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a
state of general or local insensibility produced by disease
or by the inhalation or application of an an[ae]sthetic.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
anaesthesia
n : loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of
consciousness [syn: {anesthesia}]
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