Phrase guide

general anesthesia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A type of anesthesia that causes loss of sensation to the whole body, usually to the point of unconsciousness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: general anaesthesia

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: anesthesia, anaesthesia

Narrower terms: inhalation anesthesia, twilight sleep

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: anestèsia general — type of anesthesia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 全身麻醉 (quánshēn mázuì) — type of anesthesia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 全麻 (quánmá) — type of anesthesia
  • Dutch: algemene verdoving — type of anesthesia
  • Dutch: volledige verdoving — type of anesthesia
  • Finnish: yleisanestesia — type of anesthesia
  • Finnish: nukutus — type of anesthesia
  • French: anesthésie générale — type of anesthesia
  • German: Narkose — type of anesthesia
  • Hungarian: általános érzéstelenítés — type of anesthesia
  • Hungarian: műtéti altatás — type of anesthesia
  • Hungarian: altatás — type of anesthesia
  • Hungarian: narkózis — type of anesthesia
  • Indonesian: anestesi umum — type of anesthesia
  • Indonesian: anestesia umum — type of anesthesia
  • Italian: anestesia generale — type of anesthesia
  • Italian: narcosi — type of anesthesia
  • Kazakh: наркоз (narkoz) — type of anesthesia
  • Polish: narkoza — type of anesthesia
  • Portuguese: anestesia geral — type of anesthesia
  • Russian: нарко́з (narkóz) — type of anesthesia
  • Slovak: celková anestézia — type of anesthesia
  • Swedish: narkos — type of anesthesia
  • Swedish: allmän bedövning — type of anesthesia
  • Turkish: narkoz — type of anesthesia
  • Urdu: تخدیر (taxdīr) — type of anesthesia
  • Venetan: indormia — type of anesthesia
  • Vietnamese: sự gây mê — type of anesthesia