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anæsthesia|ænɪsˈθiːzɪə, -ˈθiːsɪə, -ˈθiːʒ(ɪ)ə|
[mod.L., a. Gr. ἀναισθησία want of feeling, f. ἀν priv. + αἴσθησι-ς sensation, f. stem αἰσθε-, to feel, perceive. Cf. mod.Fr. anesthésie. In this and the following derivatives of αἰσθε-, the æ is by some pronounced (iː, ɪ) according to place of accent.]
a. Loss of feeling or sensation, insensibility. Also, local anæsthesia, anæsthesia of a limited area of the body; opp. to general anæsthesia, anæsthesia of the whole body. Cf. basal anæsthesia, basal a. 3.
1721Bailey, Anæsthesia, a Defect of Sensation, as in Paralytic and blasted Persons. 1846O. W. Holmes Let. to W. T. G. Morton 21 Nov. in E. Warren Letheon (ed. 2, 1847) 79 The state should, I think, be called ‘Anæsthesia’. This signifies insensibility... The adjective will be ‘Anæsthetic’. Thus we might say the state of Anæsthesia, or the anæsthetic state. 1848Sir J. Y. Simpson in Pharm. Jrnl. VII. 517 The state of anæsthesia lasted for two or three minutes. 1848Monthly Jrnl. Med. Sci. July 48 He could produce thus local anæsthesia in the worm. 1867Times 14 Mar. 12/6 He [sc. Dr. Richardson] next demonstrated the principle and practice of the local method by ether spray... In veterinary surgery this local anæsthesia is, Dr. Richardson said, applicable to all operations. 1877Erichsen Surg. I. 15 To induce anæsthesia by the inhalation of vapours. 1900Lancet 21 Apr. 1125/2 (title) The production of local anæsthesia in the ear. 1910Encycl. Brit. I. 909/1 Local Anaesthesia..The discovery of methods by which the insensibility may be confined to the area of operation and the loss of consciousness avoided... It is only lately that it has been successfully applied to the severer [operations]. It is very doubtful whether local anaesthesia will ever replace general in the latter class. 1936Discovery Nov. 357/2 One who has had some personal experience of anaesthesia, both general and local.
b. fig.
1865Mrs. Whitney Gayworthys xliii, In that mysterious anæsthesia, he had left sense and certainty behind him. |