Narcose

/nɑɹˈkoʊs/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive, rare) To place in a state of narcosis; to narcotize..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive, rare) To place in a state of narcosis; to narcotize.
2. (obsolete, rare) The state of being under narcosis; unconsciousness.

Example Sentences

He then used only 1,250 p. p. m., and although none died, four out of five were depressed and irritated or narcosed.

The extracts of these plants are being used in folklore medicine. Metabolites belonging to different chemical classes have been identified as antifungal agents and in chemical narcosing of fish.

Persons affected with an idiosyncrasy against this particular substance, and neurasthenic sufferers may easily be seized with a vomituritive tendency after the expiration of the narcose […]

If, then, all anæsthetists would insist upon complete anæsthesis before even the simplest operation was proceeded with, we should hear less frequently of the fatal results of “a few whiffs,” when death is not really due to the use of the anaesthetic, but to the shock consequent upon its not being pushed far enough before the narcose.

Chloroform was administered so as to obtain a relaxation of the muscles without producing a complete narcose.

Synonyms for narcose

Antonyms for narcose

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Word Forms

• narcoses
• narcosing
• narcosed

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