inhalation anesthesia
- noun
- /ˌɪnhəˈleɪʃən ænəsˈθiːziə/
- Specialized
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anestesia por inhalación
- The veterinarian used inhalation anesthesia to ensure the dog was pain-free during surgery.
Examples
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Is inhalation anesthesia safe for children?
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During the operation, the patient received inhalation anesthesia to keep them unconscious.
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Due to allergies, the doctor chose inhalation anesthesia rather than an intravenous method.
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Modern operating rooms are equipped for administering inhalation anesthesia safely and efficiently.
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The patient received inhalation anesthesia before undergoing surgery.
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The patient received inhalation anesthesia for the procedure.
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An advantage of inhalation anesthesia is that it can be adjusted quickly if necessary.
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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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 puts you to sleep and stops you feeling pain during an operation
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4.1
A drug that temporarily makes part of the body feel no pain during medical treatment
A gas or vapor you breathe to make you sleep during surgery
A gas you breathe to make you sleep and not feel pain during surgery
A liquid doctors give to make people unconscious during surgery by breathing it
How Deep
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'inhalation' (drawing air or gas into the lungs) + 'anesthesia' (induced loss of sensation): a B1 learner who knows both words can infer this refers to anesthesia given by inhaling gases or vapors. This noun–noun medical naming pattern is regular and common across languages, so the relation is transparent rather than metaphorical or idiomatic.
Etymology
Inhalation anesthesia comes from the simple image of inhalation ('to breathe in') and anesthesia ('not feeling pain'). Doctors give a medicine as a gas that the patient breathes in so they 'sleep' and do not feel pain during surgery, so the phrase means using gas breathed in to produce general anesthesia.