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ますい 麻酔
Common word JLPT N1 Wanikani level 48 Play audio Show 1 collocation Links
Noun
1. anaesthesia; anesthesia​Medicine
Wikipedia definition
2. Anesthesia​Anesthesia, or anaesthesia (see spelling differences; from Greek αν-, an-, "without"; and αἴσθησις, aisthēsis, "sensation"), traditionally meant the condition of having sensation (including the feeling of pain) blocked or temporarily taken away. It is a pharmacologically induced and reversible state of amnesia, analgesia, loss of responsiveness, loss of skeletal muscle reflexes or decreased fight-or-flight response, or all simultaneously.
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Other forms
痲酔 【ますい】
Notes
痲酔: Rarely-used kanji form.

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