Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A deadening or absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, the incapacity of feeling pain in a part, although the tactile sense may be more or less preserved. Also called
analgia .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Absence of sensibility to pain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine The
absence of thesense ofpain while remainingconscious .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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With respect to acupuncture analgesia-and the term analgesia not anaesthesia should be used-may I most emphatically state that it does work, and it works very well.
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The fellow will gain experience in the use of patient controlled analgesia, continuous epidural analgesia, peripheral nerve blocks, intrathecal morphine, and oral analgesic therapy.
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Women should be offered different treatment options and, for non-surgical approaches, they also must be given realistic information about what is involved, and have adequate analgesia and access to care should they run into problems.
Campaign launched to improve NHS care for women after miscarriage 2011
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During the pre-visit, we'll discuss individual anesthesia needs and pain management strategies, including epidural anesthesia, patient-controlled analgesia and local or regional anesthesia, based on the type of procedure and the child's needs.
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For these women, an alternative type of epidural called patient-controlled epidural analgesia may be an appealing option, as it allows a woman to control her dose of pain medication.
Moms-to-be use less pain medication when they control the dose 2011
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In her left fist is clutched the plastic PCA patient-controlled analgesia button.
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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"Homeopathic Arnica montana for post-tonsillectomy analgesia: a randomised placebo control trial."
Larry Malerba, D.O. : Homeopathic Arnica to the Rescue D.O. Larry Malerba 2011
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Ganesh A, Adzick NS, Foster T, Cucchiaro G. Efficacy of addition of fentanyl to epidural bupivacaine on postoperative analgesia after thoracotomy for lung resection in infants.
Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation publications 2010
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"Homeopathic Arnica montana for post-tonsillectomy analgesia: a randomised placebo control trial."
Larry Malerba, D.O. : Homeopathic Arnica to the Rescue D.O. Larry Malerba 2011
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The second group also had CEIs but were able to get an additional dose of medicine every 20 minutes by pushing a button patient-controlled epidural analgesia, or PCEA for short.
Moms-to-be use less pain medication when they control the dose 2011
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