anesthesia
意味
- 麻酔
- 感覚まひ[症状],無感覚症
例文
He was put under anesthesia.
彼は麻酔をかけられた。
The hospital patient dropped off shortly after the doctor injected him with anesthesia.
入院患者は医者に麻酔を注射されてすぐに眠りに落ちた。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
Sense of “insensibility” attested since 1679, from New Latin anaesthēsia, from Ancient Greek ἀναισθησία (anaisthēsía, “without sensation”), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) and αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “sensation”). By surface analysis, an- + -esthesia. Sense of “state induced by an agent” attested since 1846.