Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anesthesia

/ˌæn.əsˈθi.ʒə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.39 in modern English

Syllables: anes-the-sia
IPA: /ˌæn.əsˈθi.ʒə/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Canadian usage; American usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

The loss or prevention of sensation, as caused by anesthesia (in the above sense), or by a lesion in the nervous system, or by another physical abnormality.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

A medication that provides the service of temporarily blocking sensation.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In addition, 0.5 ml of 1% lidocaine HCl was injected subcutaneously in the postauricular area for local anesthesia."
"In some individuals optimism may become quasi-pathological. The capacity for even a transient sadness or a momentary humility seems cut off from them as by a kind of congenital anæsthesia."

Etymology

Sense of “insensibility” attested since 1679, from New Latin anaesthēsia, from Ancient Greek ἀναισθησία (anaisthēsía, “without sensation”), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) and αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “sensation”). By surface analysis, an- + -esthesia. Sense of “state induced by an agent” attested since 1846.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: anaesthēsia, ἀναισθησία

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌæn.əsˈθi.ʒə/
British English: /ˌæn.əsˈθiːz.i.ə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

anesthesias (plural) anaesthesia (alternative, Commonwealth) anæsthesia (alternative, dated)

Derived Forms

cryoanesthesia electroanesthesia hemianesthesia neuroanesthesia neuroleptanesthesia paranesthesia postanesthesia preanesthesia subanesthesia teleanesthesia thermanesthesia thermoanesthesia

Frequently Paired Words

anesthesiologist anesthesiology anesthesis anesthetic anesthetics anesthetize analgesia analgesic

Synonyms

anesthetic anaesthesia

Antonyms

aesthesia

Rhymes With

indonesia tunisia amnesia rhodesia polynesia anaesthesia micronesia magnesia

Questions

How do you pronounce anesthesia?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌæn.əsˈθi.ʒə/.
What does anesthesia mean?: 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.
Where does anesthesia come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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