anesthesia

Other spellings

• (UK) anaesthesia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˌæn.əsˈθiːz.i.ə/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˌæn.əsˈθi.ʒə/ or /ˌæn.əsˈti.ʒə/

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Noun

Singular anesthesia

Plural anesthesias

1. (medicine) Anesthesia is an artificial method of making a person insensitive to pain.