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anesthesia

a nis thee zhuh

  • n  loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness

  • But the patient had been given no anesthesia, was fully conscious.
  • He suggested the word "anesthesia" and indicated in his letter the origin of this word and its definition.
  • Jackson said the local-anesthesia shots she got before the implantation were "painful.
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  • Carly Simon in Houston Chronicle
    I hold their hand and sing to them and say that going under anesthesia is not scary at all. 'It's wonderful and I'll be here when you wake up,'said Simon.
  • Johnny Knoxville in E! Online
    I just walked out of surgery about 10 minutes ago,Knoxville said when I spoke to him a couple of hours ago. "I'm still a little groggy from the anesthesia."
  • George Karl in SI.com
    When it goes longer and longer, you always think the worst, and start worrying about things like being under anesthesia that long and all the nightmares you have about surgeries,George Karl said after rejoining the Nuggets for Wednesday...

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