GENERAL ANAESTHESIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does general anaesthesia mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENERAL ANAESTHESIA (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 anaesthesia" 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 anaesthesia"):

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)