general anesthetic
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈdʒɛnərəl əˈnɛsθɛtɪk/
- Specialized
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anestésico general
- If it's a light general anesthetic, can he listen to what's happening around him?
So you get the full general anaesthetic and you are asleep.
- So you get the full general anaesthetic and you are asleep.
- And is that a general anaesthetic that put you to sleep?
- Because basically I needed some general anaesthetic and I said needle.
- Well, Stuart and a number of people who work with him and others happen to believe that the general anaesthetics directly affect microtubules.
Examples
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With a general anesthetic, a cranial drill and a pair of forceps.
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On September 8, 1981, a left endolymphatic subarachnoid shunt operation was performed under general anesthetic.
Academic text (1995) -
So you get the full general anaesthetic and you are asleep.
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The procedure is done under general anaesthetic and takes about 20 minutes.
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I notice you requested a general anaesthetic.
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So they decided to do a caesarean and the mother was put under a general anaesthetic.
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There is no evidence that general anaesthetics are harmful to the fetus, provided that maternal hypotension and respiratory depression are avoided.
Academic text (2011) -
Rigid cystoscopy: under general anaesthetic, the surgeon uses the telescope to look at the bladder lining; it is also possible to take biopsies to make a pathological diagnosis.
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Although all patients underwent at least one attempt at shoulder relocation, one required relocation under general anesthetic, one underwent two attempts at shoulder relocation, and one underwent three attempts.
Academic text (2015) -
The doctor explained that the surgery would be performed under general anesthetic to ensure the patient felt no pain.
Synonyms
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4.5
Treatment that makes part or all of the body stop feeling pain, sometimes making you sleep
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4.9
A drug that makes part of the body stop feeling pain during medical treatment
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8.1
A medicine used to make a person sleep during an operation
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3.9
A medicine that makes someone completely unconscious so they do not feel pain during major surgery
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9.1
A medicine that people breathe to make them sleep for surgery
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4.1
A drug that temporarily makes part of the body feel no pain during medical treatment
A gas you breathe to make you sleep and not feel pain during surgery
A gas or vapor you breathe to make you sleep during surgery
A general medicine that doctors give as a gas you breathe to make you sleep during surgery
Antonyms
- Specialized
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3.9
Medicine that makes a small body area lose feeling to stop pain during a medical procedure
How Extensive
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4.1
- Specialized
- Specialized
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3.9
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4.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is clearly compositional: 'anesthetic' denotes an agent that numbs sensation and 'general' indicates that it affects the whole body, so a B1 learner knowing both words can infer an anesthetic that causes widespread loss of sensation/consciousness. This descriptive medical formation is common cross-linguistically and follows ordinary adjective + noun composition, making the meaning immediately accessible to learners.
Etymology
General anesthetic combines general (meaning the whole body) and anesthetic (which means 'without feeling'), and it refers to a drug that makes a person sleep and not feel pain during surgery.