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anesthesia

[an-uhs-thee-zhuh] / ˌæn əsˈθi ʒə /


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Finding evidence of it during general anesthesia suggests that at least some of the underlying neural processes can operate independently of conscious awareness.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

To investigate what happens inside the unconscious brain, Sheth, who is also a neurosurgeon at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, and his colleagues studied patients undergoing epilepsy surgery while under general anesthesia.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Lunch-hour nose jobs and low-intervention brow and arm lifts trade dramatic results for minimal anesthesia and quicker recoveries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered that the human brain can continue performing surprisingly advanced language tasks even when a person is fully unconscious under general anesthesia.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026

They gave Yossarian total anesthesia and knocked him out.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Cardiac arrest and the anesthesias used in ERs are capable of triggering NDE-like brain states.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 7, 2012

About 40% of the anesthesias are given by members of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, about 45% by certified registered nurse anesthetists, and the remainder by other physicians, nurses or technicians.

From Time Magazine Archive

The dentists were interested because tic douloureux is often mistaken for jumping toothaches or nerve pain following extractions and dental anesthesias.

From Time Magazine Archive


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