monoanaesthesiamonoanesthesian.
/ˌmɒnəʊˌanᵻsˈθiːzɪə/, /ˌmɒnəʊˌanᵻsˈθiːʒə/, U.S. /ˌmɑnoʊˌænəsˈθiʒə/ Medicine.† 1. Loss of sensation localized to a single part of the body. Obsolete.
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1888 A. L. Ranney Lect. Nerv. Dis. i. 70 The conditions known as ‘mono-anæsthesia’, by which we mean an impairment, or total arrest of sensation in some distinctly localized part, as, for example, the hand, arm, leg, etc.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 302 The co-existence of brachial monoplegia with brachial monoanæsthesia.
2. Anaesthesia using a single agent, esp. ketamine.
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1978 Acta Neurochirurgica 45 15 Monoanaesthesia with ketamine cannot be recommended when there is increased ICP [= intracranial pressure].
1979 Albrecht v. Graefes Arch. f. Klin. u. Exper. Ophthalmol. 210 43 Ultrastructural changes were observed..in the nerve fiber layer following ketamine monoanesthesia of 60 min duration.
1990 Canad. Jrnl. Anaesthesia 37 474 (title) Ketamine monoanaesthesia for diagnostic muscle biopsy in neuromuscular disorders in infancy and childhood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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