Definition anaesthesia in British English

anaesthesia noun

[uncountable] noun

/ˌænəsˈθiːziə/

an anaesthetic that is given to someone before they have a medical operation, or the use of anaesthetics

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loss of feeling in your body or part of your body, caused by disease, injury, the use of an anaesthetic etc

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painless numb insensitive

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