Producing+insensibility

  • 41Sign — Any abnormality that indicates a disease process, such as a change in appearance, sensation, or function, that is observed by a physician when evaluating a patient. * * * 1. Any abnormality indicative of disease, discoverable on examination of… …

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  • 42anesthetization — The act of producing loss of sensation. * * * anes·the·ti·za·tion (ə nes″thə tĭ zaґshən) the production of insensibility to pain …

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  • 43anaesthesiology — (n.) 1908, from ANAESTHESIA (Cf. anaesthesia) + OLOGY (Cf. ology). Anesthesiology. This is the new term adopted by the University of Illinois defining the science that treats of the means and methods of producing in man or animal various degrees… …

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