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anesthesia/anaesthesia
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | induced sleep; induced absence of feeling |
| Synonyms: | analgesia, insentience, numbness, stupor, unconsciousness |
| Main Entry: | stupor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | daze, unconsciousness |
| Synonyms: | amazement, anesthesia, apathy, asphyxia, bewilderment, coma, dullness, fainting, hebetude, hypnosis, inertia, inertness, insensibility, languor, lassitude, lethargy, narcosis, numbness, petrifaction, sleep, slumber, somnolence, sopor, stupefaction, suspended animation, swoon, swooning, torpor, trance |
| Antonyms: | consciousness, sensibility |
| Main Entry: | numbness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deadness |
| Synonyms: | anesthesia, apathy, dullness, insensibility, insensitivity, paralysis, stupefaction, stupor |
| Main Entry: | insensibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dullness |
| Synonyms: | analgesia, anesthesia, apathy, carus, coma, inactivity, indifference, insusceptibility, lethargy, narcoma, narcosis, numbness, stupefaction, stupor, torpor, trance, unconsciousness |
| Antonyms: | caring |
| Concept: | [Insensibility to touch.] Numbness. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; touch |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
numbness (physical insensibility); anaesthesia; pins and needles.
-verbs
-adjectives
numb; benumbed; deadened; intangible, impalpable.
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