Glossary

Anesthesia

Anesthesia

Narkose·Also: Anästhesie, Vollnarkose

Anaesthesia is an artificially induced state of unconsciousness and pain elimination for operations. A distinction is made between general anaesthesia, which affects the whole body, and local anaesthetic procedures.

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