GENERAL ANESTHESIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does general anesthesia mean? 

• GENERAL ANESTHESIA (noun)
  The noun GENERAL ANESTHESIA has 1 sense:

1. a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation)

  Familiarity information: GENERAL ANESTHESIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENERAL ANESTHESIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

general anaesthesia; general anesthesia

Hypernyms ("general anesthesia" is a kind of...):

anaesthesia; anesthesia (loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "general anesthesia"):

inhalation anesthesia (general anesthesia achieved by administration of an inhalation anesthetic)

twilight sleep (a state of general anesthesia in which the person retains a slight degree of consciousness; can be induced by injection of scopolamine or morphine)

 Context examples 

General anesthesia is a loss of feeling and a complete loss of awareness that feels like a very deep sleep.

(Anesthesia, NCI Dictionary)

It is used clinically to reverse the effects of benzodiazepines in conscious sedation, general anesthesia, and management of suspected benzodiazepine overdose.

(Flumazenil Cardioprotection Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

An open biopsy may be done in the doctor's office or in the hospital, and may use local anesthesia or general anesthesia.

(Incisional biopsy, NCI Dictionary)

It occurs in susceptible individuals who receive certain drugs for general anesthesia, gas anesthetics, or succinylcholine.

(Malignant Hyperthermia Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

General anesthesia: affects your whole body. You go to sleep and feel nothing. You have no memory of the procedure afterwards.

(Anesthesia, NIH)

They may act to induce general anesthesia, in which an unconscious state is achieved, or may act locally to induce numbness or lack of sensation at a targeted site.

(Anesthetic Agent, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

General anesthesia keeps patients from feeling pain during surgery or other procedures.

(General anesthesia, NCI Dictionary)

The collapse of part or the entire lung due to airway obstruction, infection, tumor, or general anesthesia.

(Atelectasis, NCI Thesaurus)

This may be caused by a blocked airway, a tumor, general anesthesia, pneumonia or other lung infections, lung disease, or long-term bedrest with shallow breathing.

(Atelectasis, NCI Dictionary)

An open biopsy may be done in the doctor’s office or in the hospital, and may use local anesthesia or general anesthesia.

(Open biopsy, NCI Dictionary)