Dictionary Home »
Medical Definitions » anesthesia
anesthesia medical definition
noun
- Total or partial loss of sensation, especially tactile sensibility, induced by disease, injury, acupuncture, or an anesthetic.
- Local or general insensibility to pain with or without the loss of consciousness, induced by an anesthetic.
- A drug that induces partial or total loss of sensation and may be topical, local, regional, or general, depending on the method of administration and area of the body affected.
Learn more about anesthesia
Related Articles