narcosisn.

Brit.

/nɑːˈkəʊsɪs/, U.S.

/nɑrˈkoʊsəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek νάρκωσις.

Etymology: < ancient Greek νάρκωσις a benumbing (first in Hippocrates) < ναρκοῦν to benumb, deaden (first in Hippocrates; < νάρκη numbness, of unknown origin (perhaps ultimately related to snare n.) + -o- connective) + -ωσις -osis suffix. Compare post-classical Latin narcosis (1679 in Blankaart), Italian narcosi (1821), French narcose (1823), Spanish narcosis, Dutch narcose (1778 as narcosis), German Narkose (mid 19th cent.; c1700 as Narcosis).

Medicine.

A state of drowsiness, stupor, or insensibility; †the ability to produce such a state (obsolete); the production of such a state, esp. by means of a drug.basal, chloroform-, nitrogen narcosis: see the first element.

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

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > effects of drugs > [noun] > of narcotics

narcosis1671

kef1808

narcoticism1822

narcotism1829

treacle sleep1841

nod1937

the world > health and disease > healing > psychiatry > [noun] > therapy or analysis involving drugs

narcoanalysis1936

narcosis1936

narcosynthesis1943

narco-hypnosis1947

1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2176 We may expect, that that dreadful Narcosis, so eminent in this plant [sc. henbane], may likewise be usefully tempered in this insect.

1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 383 The Narcosis of Opium, for example, is gone or separated, because the dryed juice..smells not so strong.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Narcosis, a stupefaction or insensible state, whether brought on by medicines, or happening from natural causes.

1861 De Bow's Rev. Apr. 472 It was evidently not natural sleep,..but a typhoid narcosis.

1863 Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 461 By Narcosis I..mean exclusively the action of large doses of the substances called Narcotics upon the organism.

1872 A. M. Hamilton Nerv. Dis. 72 This follows profound narcosis by alcohol or opium.

1936 Jrnl. Mental Sci. 82 416 A combination of narcosis with psycho-therapy is quicker and sometimes more effective than the formal methods of analytical psychology.

1961 M. West Daughter of Silence (1963) i. 16 Her voice had a formal, metallic quality like that of a subject in narcosis.

1997 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 42 1060/2 Similar effects of narcosis, depressed feeding and other behavioral alteration have been shown for shellfish exposed to other dinoflagellate toxins.

Compounds

narcosis therapy n. Psychiatry (now rare) the production of prolonged continuous sleep for therapeutic purposes; cf. narcotherapy n. at narco- comb. form 1a.

ΚΠ

1932 Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 12 143 (title) Prolonged narcosis as therapy in the psychoses.

1932 Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 12 143 American psychiatry has..manifested a renewed interest in prolonged deep narcosis as a therapeutic procedure in the psychoses.]

1945 R. R. Grinker & J. P. Spiegel Men under Stress iv. xvii. 394 At the present time, aside from the method of narcosis therapy (continuous sleep), the use of intravenous barbiturates is dignified by three different terms.

1969 Hosp. & Community Psychiatry 20 137/2 In the 1930s the treatment of involutional melancholia left a great deal to be desired. Some patients were treated in continuous tubs... Sometimes sodium amytal was used in massive doses for ‘narcosis therapy’.

1978 Nursing Times 1 June 923/1 ‘What is narcosis therapy?’.. It is a treatment used in psychiatry for a wide range of disorders, by securing long periods of sleep.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	narcosis
释义	narcosisn. Brit. /nɑːˈkəʊsɪs/, U.S. /nɑrˈkoʊsəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek νάρκωσις. Etymology: < ancient Greek νάρκωσις a benumbing (first in Hippocrates) < ναρκοῦν to benumb, deaden (first in Hippocrates; < νάρκη numbness, of unknown origin (perhaps ultimately related to snare n.) + -o- connective) + -ωσις -osis suffix. Compare post-classical Latin narcosis (1679 in Blankaart), Italian narcosi (1821), French narcose (1823), Spanish narcosis, Dutch narcose (1778 as narcosis), German Narkose (mid 19th cent.; c1700 as Narcosis). Medicine. A state of drowsiness, stupor, or insensibility; †the ability to produce such a state (obsolete); the production of such a state, esp. by means of a drug.basal, chloroform-, nitrogen narcosis: see the first element. 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 the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > effects of drugs > [noun] > of narcotics narcosis1671 kef1808 narcoticism1822 narcotism1829 treacle sleep1841 nod1937 the world > health and disease > healing > psychiatry > [noun] > therapy or analysis involving drugs narcoanalysis1936 narcosis1936 narcosynthesis1943 narco-hypnosis1947 1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2176 We may expect, that that dreadful Narcosis, so eminent in this plant [sc. henbane], may likewise be usefully tempered in this insect. 1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 383 The Narcosis of Opium, for example, is gone or separated, because the dryed juice..smells not so strong. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Narcosis, a stupefaction or insensible state, whether brought on by medicines, or happening from natural causes. 1861 De Bow's Rev. Apr. 472 It was evidently not natural sleep,..but a typhoid narcosis. 1863 Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 461 By Narcosis I..mean exclusively the action of large doses of the substances called Narcotics upon the organism. 1872 A. M. Hamilton Nerv. Dis. 72 This follows profound narcosis by alcohol or opium. 1936 Jrnl. Mental Sci. 82 416 A combination of narcosis with psycho-therapy is quicker and sometimes more effective than the formal methods of analytical psychology. 1961 M. West Daughter of Silence (1963) i. 16 Her voice had a formal, metallic quality like that of a subject in narcosis. 1997 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 42 1060/2 Similar effects of narcosis, depressed feeding and other behavioral alteration have been shown for shellfish exposed to other dinoflagellate toxins. Compounds narcosis therapy n. Psychiatry (now rare) the production of prolonged continuous sleep for therapeutic purposes; cf. narcotherapy n. at narco- comb. form 1a. ΚΠ 1932 Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 12 143 (title) Prolonged narcosis as therapy in the psychoses. 1932 Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 12 143 American psychiatry has..manifested a renewed interest in prolonged deep narcosis as a therapeutic procedure in the psychoses.] 1945 R. R. Grinker & J. P. Spiegel Men under Stress iv. xvii. 394 At the present time, aside from the method of narcosis therapy (continuous sleep), the use of intravenous barbiturates is dignified by three different terms. 1969 Hosp. & Community Psychiatry 20 137/2 In the 1930s the treatment of involutional melancholia left a great deal to be desired. Some patients were treated in continuous tubs... Sometimes sodium amytal was used in massive doses for ‘narcosis therapy’. 1978 Nursing Times 1 June 923/1 ‘What is narcosis therapy?’.. It is a treatment used in psychiatry for a wide range of disorders, by securing long periods of sleep. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1671
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