Meanings
noungeneral anesthesia (countable and uncountable, plural general anesthesias)
plural general anesthesias · alternative UK general anaesthesia
- UScountableuncountablemedicineA type of anesthesia that causes loss of sensation to the whole body, usually to the point of unconsciousness.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation)
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Translations
Catalan anestèsia general
- anestèsia generaltype of anesthesia
Chinese Mandarin 全身麻醉, 全麻
- 全身麻醉 (quánshēn mázuì)type of anesthesia
- 全麻 (quánmá)type of anesthesia
Dutch algemene verdoving, volledige verdoving
- algemene verdovingtype of anesthesia
- volledige verdovingtype of anesthesia
Finnish yleisanestesia, nukutus
- yleisanestesiatype of anesthesia
- nukutustype of anesthesia
French anesthésie générale
- anesthésie généraletype of anesthesia
German Narkose
- Narkosetype of anesthesia
Hungarian általános érzéstelenítés, műtéti altatás
- általános érzéstelenítéstype of anesthesia
- műtéti altatástype of anesthesia
- altatástype of anesthesia
- narkózistype of anesthesia
Indonesian anestesi umum, anestesia umum
- anestesi umumtype of anesthesia
- anestesia umumtype of anesthesia
Italian anestesia generale, narcosi
- anestesia generaletype of anesthesia
- narcositype of anesthesia
Polish narkoza
- narkozatype of anesthesia
Portuguese anestesia geral
- anestesia geraltype of anesthesia
Russian нарко́з
- нарко́з (narkóz)type of anesthesia
Slovak celková anestézia
- celková anestéziatype of anesthesia
Swedish narkos, allmän bedövning
- narkostype of anesthesia
- allmän bedövningtype of anesthesia
Turkish narkoz
- narkoztype of anesthesia
Urdu تخدیر
- تخدیر (taxdīr)type of anesthesia
Vietnamese sự gây mê
- sự gây mêtype of anesthesia
Cite this entry
APA
general anesthesia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/general%20anesthesia
MLA
“general anesthesia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/general%20anesthesia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “general anesthesia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/general%20anesthesia.
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