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Anesthesia vs Narcosis - What's the difference?

anesthesia | narcosis |

As nouns the difference between anesthesia and narcosis

is that anesthesia is a method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain while narcosis is unconsciousness caused by a drug, anaesthetic or other chemical substance.

anesthesia

English

(wikipedia anesthesia)

Alternative forms

* anaesthesia (alternate spelling)

Noun

  • (medicine) A method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain.
  • The loss or prevention of pain, as caused by anesthesia.

    • Related terms

    () * anesthetize * anesthetics * anesthesiology * anesthesiologist

    narcosis

    English

    Noun

    (narcoses)
  • (pathology) Unconsciousness caused by a drug, anaesthetic or other chemical substance.

    • Related terms

    * narcotic * narcotize * nitrogen narcosis