Can we reach 2 Likes? Watch video to the end :) Video by http://www.PronounceDaily.com [an-uh s-thee-zhuh] /ˌæn əsˈθi ʒə/ IPA Syllables Examples Word Origin noun, 1. Medicine/Medical. general or local insensibility, as to pain and other sensation, induced by certain interventions or drugs to permit the performance of surgery or other painful procedures. 2. Pathology. general loss of the senses of feeling, as pain, heat, cold, touch, and other less common varieties of sensation. 3. Psychiatry. absence of sensation due to psychological processes, as in conversion disorders. Expand Also, anaesthesia. Origin Expand Greek 1715-1725 1715-25; Neo-Latin Greek anaisthēsía want of feeling. See an-1, esthesia Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2014. Examples from the web for anesthesia Expand In topical anesthesia, patient cooperation is a must for a smooth procedure. Heroin was also found to be twice as potent as morphine in surgical anesthesia. Eeg under general anesthesia depends on the type of anesthetic employed. The procedure is performed under local anesthesia, making it more or less painless. This is due, in part, to the fact that the mechanism of anesthesia itself is uncertain. Other gases such as cyclopropane were also used for anesthesia. British Dictionary definitions for anesthesia Expand anaesthesia /ˌænɪsˈθiːzɪə/ noun, 1. local or general loss of bodily sensation, esp of touch, as the result of nerve damage or other abnormality 2. loss of sensation, esp of pain, induced by drugs: called general anaesthesia when consciousness is lost and local anaesthesia when only a specific area of the body is involved --- Make sure to leave a Like, Comment, Favorite, and Share if you enjoy. Subscribe for more. Pronounce Daily Definition: http://www.pronouncedaily.com/How_To_Pronounce_Anesthesia.html Subscribe for More Pronunciations and Definitions!: https://www.youtube.com/user/PronounceDaily?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook Like Us for Daily Words in Your Newsfeed: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Word-of-the-Day-Definitions/750369141710497 Follow Us on Twitter http://twitter.com/PronounceDaily

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