Definition of "anaesthesia" []

• Variant of anesthesia. (noun)

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• "Try to imagine that fear, the fear of being wounded before the word "anaesthesia" was coined."
• "Poetry serves as a sort ‎ of "anaesthesia", keeping the body alive."
• "We are currently experiencing shortages in family practitioners, and in many of the specialties such as anaesthesia, obstetrics, paediatrics and psychiatry."