general anesthesia
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general anesthesia
chemically induced unconscious state in order to perform medical procedures (as opposed to local anesthesia where the patient remains conscious)

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General anaesthesia
General anaesthesia (or general anesthesia) is a medically induced coma and loss of protective reflexes resulting from the administration of one or more general anaesthetic agents. A variety of medications may be administered, with the overall aim of ensuring hypnosisamnesiaanalgesia, relaxation of skeletal muscles, and loss of control of reflexes of the autonomic nervous system. The optimal combination of these agents for any given patient and procedure is typically selected by an anaesthesiologist or another provider such as an anaesthesiologist assistant or nurse anaesthetist, in consultation with the patient and the medical or dental practitioner performing the operative procedure.

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general anesthesia

Noun
1. a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation)
(synonym) general anaesthesia
(hypernym) anesthesia, anaesthesia
(hyponym) inhalation anesthesia


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general anesthesia
[an-es-THEE-zha]
Drugs that cause loss of feeling or awareness and put the person to sleep.

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general anesthesia
narkose, kjemisk fremkalt bevisstløshet for å kunne utføre medisinske prosedyrer (i motsetning til lokal bedøvelse hvor en pasient forblir ved bevisstheten)


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