anaesthesian.

/ænɪsˈθiːzɪə//-ˈθiːsɪə//-ˈθiːʒ(ɪ)ə/

Etymology: modern Latin, < Greek ἀναισθησία want of feeling, < ἀν priv. + αἴσθησι-ς sensation, < stem αἰσθε-, to feel, perceive. Compare modern French 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 anaesthesia n. anæsthesia of a limited area of the body; opp. to general anaesthesia n. anæsthesia of the whole body. Cf. basal anaesthesia n. at basal adj. and n. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [noun]

unfeelingness1398

insensibility?1510

senselessness1577

indolency1603

stupidity1603

unfeeling1603

torpidity1614

torpor1626

sleepiness1647

indolence1656

insensibleness1656

narcosis1671

torpidnessa1676

torpitude1713

anaesthesia1721

deadness1764

insentience1862

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Anæsthesia, a Defect of Sensation, as in Paralytic and blasted Persons.

1846 O. 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.

1848 Sir J. Y. Simpson in Pharmaceut. Jrnl. VII. 517 The state of anæsthesia lasted for two or three minutes.

1848 Monthly Jrnl. Med. Sci. July 48 He could produce thus local anæsthesia in the worm.

1867 Times 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.

1877 J. E. Erichsen Sci. & Art Surg. (ed. 7) I. i. 15 To induce anæsthesia by the inhalation of vapours.

1900 Lancet 21 Apr. 1125/2 (title) The production of local anæsthesia in the ear.

1910 Encycl. 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.

1936 Discovery Nov. 357/2 One who has had some personal experience of anaesthesia, both general and local.

b. fig.

ΚΠ

1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys xliii, In that mysterious anæsthesia, he had left sense and certainty behind him.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online March 2011).

单词	anaesthesia
释义	anaesthesian. /ænɪsˈθiːzɪə//-ˈθiːsɪə//-ˈθiːʒ(ɪ)ə/ Etymology: modern Latin, < Greek ἀναισθησία want of feeling, < ἀν priv. + αἴσθησι-ς sensation, < stem αἰσθε-, to feel, perceive. Compare modern French 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 anaesthesia n. anæsthesia of a limited area of the body; opp. to general anaesthesia n. anæsthesia of the whole body. Cf. basal anaesthesia n. at basal adj. and n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [noun] unfeelingness1398 insensibility?1510 senselessness1577 indolency1603 stupidity1603 unfeeling1603 torpidity1614 torpor1626 sleepiness1647 indolence1656 insensibleness1656 narcosis1671 torpidnessa1676 torpitude1713 anaesthesia1721 deadness1764 insentience1862 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Anæsthesia, a Defect of Sensation, as in Paralytic and blasted Persons. 1846 O. 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. 1848 Sir J. Y. Simpson in Pharmaceut. Jrnl. VII. 517 The state of anæsthesia lasted for two or three minutes. 1848 Monthly Jrnl. Med. Sci. July 48 He could produce thus local anæsthesia in the worm. 1867 Times 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. 1877 J. E. Erichsen Sci. & Art Surg. (ed. 7) I. i. 15 To induce anæsthesia by the inhalation of vapours. 1900 Lancet 21 Apr. 1125/2 (title) The production of local anæsthesia in the ear. 1910 Encycl. 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. 1936 Discovery Nov. 357/2 One who has had some personal experience of anaesthesia, both general and local. b. fig. ΚΠ 1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys xliii, In that mysterious anæsthesia, he had left sense and certainty behind him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online March 2011). < n.1721
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