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: anestésico geral m
• Russian: о́бщий анесте́тик m (óbščij anestétik)
• Spanish: anestésico general m
• Tagalog: pangimay
• Thai: ยาสลบ (th) (yaa-sà-lòp)

See also

• local anesthetic
• general anesthesia