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general anesthetic
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General anaesthetic
A
general
anaesthetic
(or
anesthetic
, see
spelling differences
) is a
drug
that has the ability to bring about a reversible loss of
consciousness
.
Anaesthetists
administer these drugs to induce or maintain
general anaesthesia
to facilitate
surgery
. Some of these drugs are also used in lower dosages for pain management. The biological
mechanism(s) of the action of general anaesthetics
are not well understood.
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