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Tranquilized state
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sedation
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Sedation is the reduction of irritability or agitation by administration of sedative drugs, generally to facilitate a medical procedure or diagnostic procedure. Examples of drugs which can be used for sedation include propofol , etomidate , ketamine , fentanyl ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ After being talked down by a flying instructor last week, Mr Alan Anderson was said to be under sedation . ▪ Brian was given analgesia and occasional sedation at night. ▪ Last night she was under heavy sedation . ▪ Our technique ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of sedate, especially by use of sedatives.
Usage examples of sedation.
Although the whole notion of the use of deep barbiturate sedation as a treatment had been dismissed as dangerous and ineffective by its pioneer Dr William Sargant in the fifties, Ambrose Goddard was convinced it could repair broken minds.
The Ambassador quoted Connolly as saying that in the aircraft were Willie Garvin, Modesty Blaise, a young child named Lucille Brouet under sedation, and two or three pints of loose blood.
In particular, Baudelio, who had been monitoring the caskets with external instruments, began to diminish the sedation, knowing that very soon the caskets would be opened and his patients-as he continued to think of them-removed.
He was still under sedation, but the dolorimeter promptly declined to normal level, and his face was peaceful for the first time since they had seen him.
He had experimented with animal sedation, using the same acepromazine he planned to use on Dr Lecter.
EMERGENCY SEDATION KITS WHOSE PLUNGING HYPODERMIC NEEDLES SET OFF PITIFULLY WAILING SIRENS THAT COULD BE HEARD FOR BLOCKS.
Ordinarily I wouldn't agree to deactivate sedation on a woman in Patient Piper's condition.
Proceed at once with the work on Jasam, and explain to Keet that her life-mate will be rendered unconscious for a period of continuous sedation that will assist its healing, and that there will be nothing more constructive for it to do during that time than to undergo the procedure you suggested.
Short of prefrontal lobotomy, there are only three ways to stop a man from jaunting: a blow on the head producing concussion, sedation which prevents concentration, and concealment of jaunte co-ordinates.
The few surviving marines were sleeping off sedation down in the med bay, recovering from shock and battle fatigue and exposure to the alien city.