HOW TO PRONOUNCE
anesthesia
/ˌænɪsˈθiʒə/
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American Pronunciation Guide · 1:05
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Stress “thee” and listen for “zh.”
Use the unvoiced th of thin, then the voiced zh sound of vision before the final light uh.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 3
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“The booklet includes a section on anesthesia.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does anesthesia mean?
noun
- An artificial method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain without causing loss of vital functions, by the administration of one or more agents which block pain impulses before transmitted to the brain.
- The loss or prevention of sensation, as caused by anesthesia (in the above sense), or by a lesion in the nervous system, or by another physical abnormality.
- A medication that provides the service of temporarily blocking sensation.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌænɪsˈθiʒə/
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As the head advances the anesthesia is deepened, and the mother sleeps soundly while the child is being born.
There was some talk, not much, among them, and then suddenly there fell upon each of us at once a firm hand holding a wetted cloth before mouth and nose--an order of swimming sweetness--anesthesia.
More book examples (2)
It was reduced under anesthesia, after two incisions had been made, the adhesions broken up, and the shrunken sac enlarged by stretching.
In most instances these ill-advised mutilations are followed by lifelong weakness and suffering, which far outweigh the temporary pains formerly endured when unavoidable operations were performed without the use of anesthesia.