| ASS | acute serum sickness; acute spinal stenosis; anterior superior spine; argininosuccinate synthetase |
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| BSCP | bovine spinal cord protein |
| CASH | Commission for Administrative Services in Hospitals; corticoadrenal stimulating hormone; cruciform a... |
| CCSCS | central cervical spinal cord syndrome |
| CSMA | chronic spinal muscular atrophy |
| intraspinal anaesthesia | Inaccurate synonym for spinal anaesthesia; local anaesthetic solutions are not injected into the spinal cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| intratracheal anaesthesia | Inhalation anaesthesia technique in which anaesthetic and respiratory gases pass through a tube placed in the trachea via the mouth or nose. Synonym: intratracheal anaesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intravenous anaesthesia | General anaesthesia produced by injection of central nervous system depressants into the venous circulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intravenous regional anaesthesia | Regional anaesthesia by intravenous injection of local anaesthetic solution distal to an occlusive tourniquet in an extremity previously exsanguinated by pressure or gravity. Synonym: Bier's method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| open drop anaesthesia | Inhalation anaesthesia by vaporization of a liquid anaesthetic placed drop by drop on a gauze mask covering the mouth and nose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| outpatient anaesthesia | <anaesthetics, procedure> Self-administration of analgesics by a patient instructed in doing so, usually refers to self-dosing with intravenous opioid (for example, morphine) administered by means of a programmable pump. (16 Dec 1997) |
| tactile anaesthesia | Loss or impairment of the sense of touch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| therapeutic anaesthesia | Administration of an anaesthetic as a means of treatment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermal anaesthesia | Loss of temperature appreciation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| electric anaesthesia | Anaesthesia, usually general anaesthesia, produced by application of an electrical current. (05 Mar 2000) |
| to-and-fro anaesthesia | Anaesthesia using of a valveless closed anaesthesia circuit in which respired gases pass back and forth through a carbon dioxide absorbent interposed between patient and respiratory reservoir bag. (05 Mar 2000) |
| topical anaesthesia | Superficial loss of sensation in conjunctiva, mucous membranes or skin, produced by direct application of local anaesthetic solutions, ointments, or jellies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endotracheal anaesthesia | Inhalation anaesthesia technique in which anaesthetic and respiratory gases pass through a tube placed in the trachea via the mouth or nose. Synonym: intratracheal anaesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| traumatic anaesthesia | Loss of sensation resulting from nerve injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epidural anaesthesia | Regional anaesthesia produced by injection of local anaesthetic solution into the peridural space. Synonym: peridural anaesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |