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• Anesthetic — A substance that causes lack of feeling or awareness. A local anesthetic causes loss of feeling in a part of the body. A general anesthetic puts the person to sleep. * * * 1. A compound that reversibly depresses neuronal function, producing loss… …   Medical dictionary

• anesthetic — 1. adjective /ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk/ Causing the reduction of pain sensitivity. 2. noun /ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk/ A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness. An anesthetic may or may not render the recipient unconscious, depending… …   Wiktionary

• Local anesthetic — A local anesthetic is a drug that causes reversible local anesthesia and a loss of nociception. When it is used on specific nerve pathways (nerve block), effects such as analgesia (loss of pain sensation) and paralysis (loss of muscle power) can… …   Wikipedia

• Cocaine — For other uses, see Cocaine (disambiguation). Cocaine …   Wikipedia

• Dental anesthesia — Intervention MeSH D000766 Forms of dental anesthesia (or dental anaesthesia) are similar to general medical anesthesia except for the use of nitrous oxide, relatively uncommon outside of the dental fiel …   Wikipedia

• medicine, history of — Introduction  the development of the prevention and treatment of disease from prehistoric and ancient times to the 20th century. Medicine and surgery before 1800 Primitive (primitive culture) medicine and folklore       Unwritten history is not… …   Universalium

• Skin biopsy — is a biopsy technique in which a skin lesion is removed and sent to the pathologist to render a microscopic diagnosis. It is usually done under local anesthetic in a physician s office, and results are often available in 4 to 10 days. It is… …   Wikipedia

• Melanocytic nevus — Classification and external resources Mole, more specifically an intradermal nevus ICD 10 D22 …   Wikipedia

• anesthesiology — /an euhs thee zee ol euh jee/, n. the science of administering anesthetics. Also, anaesthesiology. [1910 15; ANESTHESI(A) + O + LOGY] * * * Medical specialty dealing with anesthesia and related matters, including resuscitation and pain.… …   Universalium

• anesthetize — anesthetization, n. /euh nes thi tuyz /, v.t., anesthetized, anesthetizing. to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic. Also, anaesthetize; esp. Brit., anesthetise. [1840 50; < Gk anaísthet(os) (see ANESTHETIC) + IZE] * * * …   Universalium

• drug use — Introduction       use of drugs for psychotropic rather than medical purposes. Among the most common psychotropic drugs are opiates ( opium, morphine, heroin), hallucinogens (LSD, mescaline, psilocybin), barbiturates, cocaine, amphetamines,… …   Universalium