How to Use anesthesia in a Sentence

anesthesia

noun
Definition of anesthesianext
  • The patient was given an injection to induce anesthesia.
  • He was put under anesthesia and woke with little discomfort.
    — Matthew Wilson, USA TODAY College, 4 May 2017
  • Back then, patients were not given anesthesia, and the electrical current was much stronger.
    — Katharine Q. Seelye, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2016
  • Last year, Nathaniel’s tooth was pulled under general anesthesia.
    — Courtney Perkes, Orange County Register, 29 Mar. 2017
  • Derek was under anesthesia for 59 hours and 38 minutes.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 19 Nov. 2024
  • This could make both a colonoscopy and an endoscopy less invasive, eliminate the need for anesthesia and make cancer screening kind of cool.
    — Jessica Firger, Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2017
  • Kate, fresh from completing her anesthesia board exam that morning, decided to take a bike ride with Chris along the lakefront in Chicago.
    — John-John Williams Iv, baltimoresun.com, 6 May 2017
  • These spies at the window told me later that my operation, performed without anesthesia, had been truly horrifying to watch, worse than a woman in childbirth.
    — Lu Yang, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
  • In fact, some people who receive and are coded for preventive colonoscopies wind up paying extra costs anyway, in the form of fees for the facility, the anesthesia, and the lab tests that analyze the results.
    — Jed Lipinski, NOLA.com, 12 May 2017
  • As the local anesthesia wears off, the pain may start to creep in.
    — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 11 Mar. 2019
  • As the anesthesia wore off, Evheniia cried and thrashed in her bed.
    — Freep.com, 4 June 2023
  • Local anesthesia means just a small part of your body will be numbed for surgery.
    — chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • After that, the anesthesia should kick in, and your mole plus the surrounding area should be nice and numb.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 28 July 2018
  • In the study, a small hole was drilled into the skull of the patient, who was awake and under local anesthesia.
    — Linda Marsa, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2019
  • The tumor is being cut out right now with no anesthesia.
    — Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2017
  • The procedure on dogs is done while the dog is under anesthesia and lasts less than 20 minutes.
    — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 31 Oct. 2019
  • As with anesthesia itself, there is more than one form of epidural.
    — Robin Elise Weiss, Phd, Parents, 22 July 2024
  • The second step of the process is egg retrieval – which happens when the patient is under anesthesia.
    — Maria Godoy, NPR, 23 Feb. 2024
  • With Ellie under anesthesia, Joel carried her limp body out of the room.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2023
  • He was told he will be given anesthesia, and sounds of struggle followed.
    — Author: Jamey Keaten, Aya Batrawy, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2019
  • In my opinion, even a day in between procedures is safe from the standpoint of anesthesia risk.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Larry Wallace alleges in the suit that the center gave him no hint that Sondra had a reaction to the anesthesia.
    — USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2018
  • The use of music in surgery was first introduced in 1914, with a view to soothing patients in an era before anesthesia.
    — S.h. | London Bridge Hospital, The Economist, 20 Nov. 2019
  • But to hear the testimony of the employees, the anesthesia protocol was not up to par.
    — Kim Kavin, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2017
  • After spending an hour or two in the recovery room while the anesthesia wears off, patients return home the same day.
    — Kaitlin Clark, Allure, 30 July 2019
  • The pet is usually under anesthesia for a little bit longer than that.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 28 July 2023
  • Training used to perform adult surgery and anesthesia cannot just be applied to children on a smaller scale.
    — Caroline Yao, Quartz, 7 Sep. 2019
  • The research also shows that anesthesia errors are four times more likely at 3 p.m. than at 9 a.m.
    — Neil Senturia, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • At the very least, the anesthesia stripped away any real framework or context that might influence the visual process.
    — Quanta Magazine, 7 Nov. 2019
  • For older patients, risks associated with anesthesia or infection make surgery not possible.
    — Tlalit Bussi Tel Tzure, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024

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