Definition Challenge: Match the Words to Their Respective Meanings!

When you’re put to sleep for an operation, what is that called?

Retry Correct Incorrect Although these are all medical terms, only anesthesia describes the process of rendering someone unconscious so they don’t experience a messy operation. That said, it’s a more general term that includes temporary losses of sensation or awareness for medical purposes. So, it is true that analgesia is a type of anesthesia, just not the type being discussed here.

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When you’re put to sleep for an operation, what is that called?

• Analgesia
• Alopecia
• Anesthesia
• Anticoagulant