anesthesia

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness

Etymology

Sense of “insensibility” attested since 1679, from New Latin anaesthēsia, from Ancient Greek ἀναισθησία (anaisthēsía, “without sensation”), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) and αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “sensation”). By surface analysis, an- + -esthesia. Sense of “state induced by an agent” attested since 1846.

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