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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Anæsthesia

/(ăn`ĕs*thē"zē̇*ȧ or ăn`ĕs*thē"zhȧ)/ · An·æs·the·si·a · IPA
01 n. Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalati…
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    Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anæsthetic.(Med.)