Glossary

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  • Block anesthesia

    A regional anesthetic injected into a nerve (intraneurally) or immediately around it (paraneurally).  

  • Basal anesthesia

    A level of unconsciousness just above the level of complete surgical anesthesia. The patient does not respond to verbal stimuli but does react to noxious stimuli (e.g., a pinprick). It may be combined with local or regional anesthesia in some forms of surgery. Partial numbness induced by administering a medication with the aim of decreasing…

  • Audio anesthesia

    Anesthesia produced by sound; used by dentists to inhibit pain perception.  

  • Anesthecinesia

    Sensory and motor paralysis.  

  • Anerythropsia

    Inability to distinguish clearly the color red.  

  • Anerythroplasia

    Absence of red blood cell formation in the bone marrow.  

  • Aneroid

    Operating without fluid, such as an aneroid barometer that uses atmospheric pressure instead of a liquid such as mercury.    

  • Anephrogenesis

    Congenital absence of the kidneys.  

  • anencephalus

    Congenital absence of the brain and cranial vault, with the cerebral hemispheres missing or reduced to small masses. This condition is incompatible with life.  

  • Anemophobia

    Morbid fear of drafts or of the wind. An intense phobia of wind and breezes.