narcosis
2
9.5
- noun
- /nɑrˈkoʊsɪs/
- Specialized
:
narcosis
- If the patient passes through this stage into a deeper stage of narcosis, there may be a transient period of talkativeness as he recovers from the sedation or anesthesia.
- nitrogen narcosis
- susceptibility to narcosis
Examples
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In terms of helping with your inability to sleep and your emotional instability, we've had some results with hypnosis, electric shock treatment, and narcosis therapy.
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The doctor explained that narcosis could affect patients during surgery when anesthesia is used.
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Moving onto a second tank is going to increase your chance of nitrogen narcosis, dramatically.
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When the individual entered into a trance, he wandered about in a stupor or partial narcosis.
Academic text (1994) -
Brickner (22) has recorded many interviews of patients receiving deep narcosis therapy with barbiturates.
Blog text (32) -
Brickner noted the processes of "fractionation" and "recombination" in the verbal productions of patients under deep amytal narcosis.
Blog text (32) -
Brief exposure to high concentrations in air has caused nausea, dilated pupils, slurred speech, anxiety, vomiting, and narcosis (4).
Academic text (1993) -
Assuming you're breathing air (i.e., high nitrogen concentration), you'd be susceptible to nitrogen narcosis after you reach a certain depth.
Blog text (10) -
After a long dive, the team experienced symptoms of narcosis, making it difficult to think clearly.
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Scuba divers must be aware of narcosis to avoid dangerous situations while deep underwater.
Synonyms
76
4.5
Treatment that makes part or all of the body stop feeling pain, sometimes making you sleep
17
7.7
An almost unconscious state when a person cannot think or feel much
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
8.6
A confused, drunk-like state divers feel when breathing air deep underwater
How Unconscious
- Specialized
259
5.4
- Specialized
17
7.7
- Specialized
2
9.5
∞
1.0
6
1.8
1
5.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
narcosis = narcotic (semi-transparent) = narco + osis
Formed from the combining form 'narco-' (relating to narcotics or stupor) and the medical suffix '-osis' meaning 'state/condition'; the relation to 'narcotic' is clear but the morphemes are technical and may not be obvious to average learners.
Etymology
Narcosis comes from the Greek root nark- meaning 'numb' or 'dazed', and it is the same root in narcotic and narcolepsy, a sleep condition. So, narcosis is a state of 'numbness' or sleep-like unconsciousness caused by drugs or anesthesia.