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narcoses

UK/nɑːˈkəʊ.siːz/US/nɑɹˈkoʊ.siːz/

narcoses is the plural of narcosis.

narcoses is the plural of narcose.

narcoses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of narcose.

Meaning of narcosis

Noun

narcosis (countable and uncountable, plural narcoses)

  1. Unconsciousness caused by a drug, anaesthetic or other chemical substance.

Meaning of narcose

Noun

narcose (plural narcoses)

  1. (obsolete, rare) The state of being under narcosis; unconsciousness.
    • 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 […]1889, Journal of Materia Medica, volume 27, page 141

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Questions about narcoses

What is narcoses the plural of?
Narcoses is the plural of narcosis.
How do you pronounce narcoses?
Narcoses is pronounced /nɑɹˈkoʊ.siːz/ (US).

Words near narcoses in the dictionary

  1. narcopolitical
  2. narcopolitics
  3. narcos
  4. narcose
  5. narcosed
  6. narcoses
  7. narcosing
  8. narcosis
  9. narcossism
  10. narcostate
  11. narcostates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: narcoses (page history and authors); narcosis (page history and authors); narcose (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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