anestesi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch anesthesie, from Ancient Greek ἀναισθησία (anaisthēsía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) with αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “sensation”). Coined in 1846 C.E. by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., in a letter to dentist William T. G. Morton, the first practitioner to publicly demonstrate the use of ether during surgery.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [anesˈt̪esi]
• Hyphenation: anés‧té‧si

Noun

anéstési (first-person possessive anestesiku, second-person possessive anestesimu, third-person possessive anestesinya)

1. (medicine) anesthesia; anaesthesia: An artificial method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain without causing loss of vital functions, by the administration of one or more agents which block pain impulses before transmitted to the brain. The loss or prevention of sensation, as caused by anesthesia, lesion in the nervous system or other physical abnormality.

Alternative forms

• anestesia
• anastesi

Derived terms

• anestesi emosional
• anestesi epidural
• anestesi lokal
• anestesi regional
• anestesi spinal
• anestesi umum

 

Related terms

• anestesiolog
• anestesiologi
• anestetik

 

Further reading

• “anestesi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

anestesi m (definite singular anestesien, indefinite plural anestesier, definite plural anestesiene)

1. anaesthesia, or anesthesia (US)

References

• “anestesi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

anestesi m (definite singular anestesien, indefinite plural anestesiar, definite plural anestesiane)

1. anaesthesia, or anesthesia (US)

References

• “anestesi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.