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# anaesthesia

«anaesthesia» in Mova's school dictionary: **Using medicine so a person feels no pain during an…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (anaesthesia) — UK spelling; US: anesthesia

### meaning for a pupil

1) (medicine) Using medicine so a person feels no pain during an operation, either by putting them to sleep (general) or numbing one part (local). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaesthesia/#m1)

2) A loss of feeling in the body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaesthesia/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Heard in hospital and dentist stories and health lessons. Phrases: «under anaesthesia», «general anaesthesia», «local anaesthesia».

### examples

- She had her tonsils out under anaesthesia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaesthesia/#x1)
- The dentist used local anaesthesia, so my tooth went numb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaesthesia/#x2)
- Anaesthesia was first used in surgery in the 1840s. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaesthesia/#x3)
- General anaesthesia puts you into a deep sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaesthesia/#x4)
- An anaesthetist watches you during anaesthesia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaesthesia/#x5)
- After anaesthesia, you may feel sleepy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaesthesia/#x6)

### note

UK: anaesthesia, anaesthetic; US: anesthesia, anesthetic. Uncountable. Said «an-is-THEE-zee-a».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «anaesthesia» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaesthesia/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.