Anaesthesia

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  anaesthesia \an`[ae]s*the"si*a\, anesthesia
  \an`es*the"si*a\([a^]n`[e^]s*th[=e]"z[-e]*[.a] or
     [a^]n`[e^]s*th[=e]"zh[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'anaisqhsi`a;
     'an priv. + a'i`sqhsis feeling, a'isqa`nesqai to feel: cf. F.
     anesth['e]sie. See {aesthetics}.] (Med.)
     Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a


     state of general or local insensibility produced by disease
     or by the inhalation or application of an anaesthetic. AS
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  anaesthesia
       n : loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of
           consciousness [syn: {anesthesia}]