general anesthetic

general anesthetic

English

Alternative forms

• general anaesthetic

Noun

general anesthetic (countable and uncountable, plural general anesthetics)

1. (medicine) An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation to the whole body, usually to the point of unconsciousness.

Translations

substance

Chinese: Mandarin: 全身麻醉 (zh) (quánshēn mázuì), 全麻 (zh) (quánmá) Finnish: yleispuudutusaine German: Narkosemittel (de) n, Narkotikum (de) n (technical), Allgemeinanästhetikum n (technical) Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: anestésico general m Tagalog: pangimay Thai: ยาสลบ (th) (yaa-sà-lòp)

See also

• local anesthetic
• general anesthesia