anesthesia, anaesthesia
(noun) loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness
Source: WordNet® 3.1
anesthesia (countable and uncountable, plural anesthesias)
(American spelling, medicine) An artificial method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain without causing loss of vital functions, by the administration of one or more agents which block pain impulses before transmitted to the brain.
The loss or prevention of sensation, as caused by anesthesia, lesion in the nervous system or other physical abnormality.
• general anesthesia
• local anesthesia
• Taishanese
Source: Wiktionary
An`es*the"si*a, n., An`es*thet"ic, a.
Definition: Same as Anæsthesia, Anæsthetic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
