A drug or drugs given to produce unconsciousness before and during surgery
Drug which stops feeling, especially pain. A general anaesthetic will also make you unconscious. A local anaesthetic just stops feeling in part of the body.
A drug that stops nerves conducting sensations (pain, light touch, deep pressure, taste) to the brain. Can be injected. Can be applied as a paste or gel onto the skin. Commonest form is lidocaine or lignocaine. Can be used to make some piercing procedures painless.
A drug used to numb an area of the body (local anaesthetic) or to put you to sleep for a while (general anaesthetic).
A substance that reduces or removes sensation. General anaesthetics affect the whole body, causing loss of consciousness. Local anaesthetics affect only a particular part of the body by inactivating the nerves that detect sensation in that part of the body.
A chemical that produces loss of consciousness.
Substance used to reduce pain in an area by controlling nerve endings.
a substance that blocks sensation e.g. a local anaesthetic stops nociceptive activity from reaching the brain or a general anaesthetic stops the brain registering sensations.
A medication that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations. Can be applied locally or generally.
Substance which produces loss of feeling or sensation: general anaesthetic produces loss of consciousness; local or regional anaesthetic renders a specific area insensible to pain.
A substance that dulls pain.
A substance that causes lack of feeling or awareness. A local anaesthetic causes loss of feeling in a part of the body. For example, a dentist uses a local anaesthetic when he "freezes" a tooth. A general anaesthetic puts the person to sleep.
a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations
characterized by insensibility; "the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic"; "an anesthetic state"
a drug or agent that produces a complete or partial loss of feeling
a substance that makes you unable to feel pain
reduces pain and sensitivity - produces a numbing sensation.
drug or gas used to render animal unconscious.
drugs given to make a part of the body numb (a local anaesthetic) or the whole body numb (a general anaesthetic)
A substance used to relieve all feeling.
That which produces insensibility to pain
Drugs to put patient to sleep (general), or to numb part of the body (local).
A drug that blocks the sensation of pain during surgery.
Loss of sensation – pain relieving.
A substance that reduces or abolishes sensation, affecting either the whole body (general) or a particular area (local).
A local anaesthetic usually lignocaine and adrenaline
An agent that deadens sensation
A drug used to prevent any pain, especially before an operation.
The loss of sensation or feeling. A general anaesthetic is given to ensure that you are asleep and pain free during operations.
a drug used to prevent pain during surgery or other procedures. A general anaesthetic makes the person unconscious. A local anaesthetic numbs the area where the surgery is to be performed. Local anaesthetics may be combined with sedatives to make a person relax and sleepy but not unconscious.
A medication used to relieve pain and reduce feeling during surgery. An anaesthetic can be: Local – when you lose feeling to the part of your body where the medication is injected, but you remain awake. Eg. a needle prior to having dental work; Spinal – anaesthetic medication is injected into the spinal canal and you lose all feeling from your waist down; or General – administered for more major procedures where you lose consciousness and wake up when the procedure is over.
Causing insensitivity to perception of feeling, numbing
a substance that temporarily causes a person to be unable to feel pain, either in a certain area or over the entire body
Anaesthetic is a drug used to either numb a part of the body (local), or to put a patient to sleep (general) during surgery.
A drug that produces loss of all sensation (numbness).