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underanesthetized

underanesthetized adjective: inadequately anesthetized.

Adjective

underanesthetized (comparative more underanesthetized, superlative most underanesthetized)

  1. Inadequately anesthetized.
    • Called anesthesia awareness, it occurs when patients wake up during surgery because they are underanesthetized.2007 December 11, Melissa Lafsky, “Onscreen Villain Makes Doctors Wince”, in New York Times

Forms of underanesthetized

comparativemore underanesthetized
superlativemost underanesthetized

Origin of underanesthetized

From under- + anesthetized.

Questions about underanesthetized

What does underanesthetized mean?
Underanesthetized means inadequately anesthetized.
What part of speech is underanesthetized?
Underanesthetized is an adjective.

Words near underanesthetized in the dictionary

  1. underanalysis
  2. underanalyze
  3. underanalyzed
  4. underanalyzes
  5. underanalyzing
  6. underanesthetized
  7. underanged
  8. underanimated
  9. underannotate
  10. underannotated
  11. underannotates

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