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
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
