What's the difference between anesthesia and anodyne?

Anesthesia


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Anesthetic

Example Sentences:

  • (1) After 3 and 6 months, blood collected by cardiocentesis using ether anesthesia and then sacrificed to remove CNS and internal organs.
  • (2) Trismus may be a complication from local anesthesia.
  • (3) After 1 year, anesthesia was induced with chloralose and an electrode catheter placed at the right ventricular apex.
  • (4) Those without sperm, or with cloudy fluid, will require vasoepididymostomy under general or epidural anesthesia, which takes 4-6 hr.
  • (5) The results indicated that smoke, as opposed to sham puffs, significantly reduced reports of cigarette craving, and local anesthesia significantly blocked this immediate reduction in craving produced by smoke inhalation.
  • (6) Using 3H-labeled dextran, uveoscleral outflow was quantitated in normotensive and glaucomatous Beagles under general anesthesia.
  • (7) EMLA cream, usually used for skin surface analgesia, was tested as an adjunct to anesthesia in dermabrasion.
  • (8) The prognosis was adversely affected by obesity, preoperative flexion contracture of 30 degrees or more, wound-healing problems, wound infection, and postoperative manipulation under general anesthesia.
  • (9) The cardiorespiratory effects of trichloroethylene supplementation of nitrous oxide-oxygen anesthesia, with simultaneous use of halothane at induction as needed, were studied in outpatient oral surgery patients undergoing dental extractions under general anesthesia.
  • (10) The affected bowel was replaced through the laceration, and the vaginal defects were sutured with the mares standing, utilizing epidural anesthesia.
  • (11) Management may be by regional anesthesia or primarily medical.
  • (12) Oral Guedel airways do not necessarily protect the patient's teeth during inhalation anesthesia.
  • (13) Nitrous oxide (N2O) is frequently used for maintenance of anesthesia in research animals because of its minimal effect upon circulatory variables and the ability to rapidly alter its anesthetic concentration.
  • (14) The time for cervical dilatation from 7 to 10 cm and duration of the second stage of labor did not influence maternal morbidity or fetal outcome, regardless of the method of anesthesia.
  • (15) Changes of circulating blood volume during isoflurane or sevoflurane anesthesia were investigated by the dual indicator dilution method in eighteen mongrel dogs.
  • (16) The tetracaine component of TAC is superfluous for obtaining topical anesthesia of minor dermal lacerations of the face in children.
  • (17) The risk of postoperative cerebrovascular accident did not correlate with age, sex, history of multiple cerebrovascular accidents, poststroke transient ischemic attacks, American Society for Anesthesia physical status, aspirin use, coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, intraoperative blood pressure, time since previous cerebrovascular accident, or cause of previous cerebrovascular accident.
  • (18) Delirium on emergence from anesthesia was not encountered.
  • (19) The choice of drugs during anesthesia and per-operative resuscitation are discussed in this article together with particular situations such as pheochromocytoma in pregnancy or the per-operative discovery of a previously unrecognized pheochromocytoma.
  • (20) Aponeurotic ptosis repair may be performed under local anesthesia, and past reports have suggested that operative lid position may be used to predict the final result.

Anodyne


Definition:

  • (a.) Serving to assuage pain; soothing.
  • (a.) Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Because of its long-time use as a sedative or anodyne in dental procedures, eugenol was studied to determine its effect on evoked nerve impulse transmission.
  • (2) After a period on Radio Luxembourg he was offered the freelance job of disc jockey on the radio programme Housewives' Choice, on which Jacobs had to play record requests and punctuate them with anodyne chat.
  • (3) Mr Johnson referred to the anodyne press statement released the previous day, without reference to the gathering political storm and public outcry to the treatment of Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty.
  • (4) Some of the tension was punctured on Monday after Zardari and the prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, met the army chief, General Kayani, after which they released an anodyne statement about flood relief.
  • (5) I see Dylan Jones, a Cameron fan, has written a book on Live Aid, defining the 80s as caring: more anodyne revision.
  • (6) In terms of time required for anodyne administration, the Infusor group required significantly less time compared with the intermittent infusion group (P less than 0.05).
  • (7) I expected an anodyne but warm response about talent pipelines, mentoring and nurturing potential.
  • (8) Iglesias looked oddly out of place in this pristine but anodyne new home, with its hotel-style fitted carpets and shiny wooden doors.
  • (9) The president’s first speech, in 2009, was more anodyne.
  • (10) The growth rate is very low, so that the first symptoms, as hoarseness or dyspnea, may be anodyne.
  • (11) The bite restorer combines the strength of Vitallium with the occlusal acceptability of Anodyne to produce an esthetic and functional orthotic without the ill effects of cast metallic overlays.
  • (12) While hit shows such as Queer as Folk (anodyne and sexless in its US version), Will and Grace and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy have been important steps in acquainting American viewers with homo reality, The L Word is a huge leap forward, dealing with lesbian life as it is lived, albeit with a Hollywood gloss.
  • (13) They encouraged other firms that had funded the blacklist, disguised under the anodyne name of the Consulting Association and run from a nondescript office in Droitwich, Worcestershire, to join the scheme.
  • (14) Stewart recounts one big disappointment – an anodyne interview with Donald Rumsfeld in 2011 that failed to claim the former secretary of defence’s scalp.
  • (15) It even has, in "winter vomiting bug", an anodyne pet name.
  • (16) The smog even led the flagship evening news bulletin on television, which traditionally begins with an anodyne account of leaders' activities and achievements.
  • (17) She was treated with anodyne and benzbromarone for gout.
  • (18) They include cognitive and behavioral intervention techniques in part already well known that can accompany and enhance traditional forms of anodyne therapy.
  • (19) She agreed that, as a freelance, she had sold information to the Evening Standard, Daily Mail, Daily Star, Guardian, Sun and The People, but said it was anodyne and bland.
  • (20) But many of the policies they describe are either too technical (allowing dual citizenship) or too anodyne (the existence of a government body to consult minorities) to stimulate serious tax resistance.

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