Anesthesia Vocabulary

noun a medical treatment for pain relief

• The doctor prescribed a strong analgesia to manage the patient's pain.
• I need some analgesia for this headache, it's killing me.
• I popped some analgesia and now I can finally relax.
• Music is my analgesia, it helps me escape from the world's troubles.

noun a thick mass or lump of a solid substance

verb to become thick and coagulated into a mass

• A blood clot can be a serious medical condition that requires immediate attention.
• I heard that John had a clot in his leg and had to go to the hospital.
• I can't believe she clotted up the whole situation by spreading rumors.
• The traffic jam was like a clot in the flow of cars on the highway.

verb to administer ether to someone in order to render them unconscious or insensible

• The doctor decided to etherize the patient before performing the surgery.
• The dentist will etherize you before pulling out your tooth.
• I heard they had to etherize that crazy guy at the bar last night.
• The hypnotic music seemed to etherize the audience, putting them in a trance-like state.

noun the combination of two words 'pain' and 'killer' used together to refer to a type of medication

• The doctor prescribed a strong pain killer to manage the patient's chronic back pain.
• I always keep a pain killer in my bag just in case I get a headache.
• I need to pop a pain killer before this headache gets any worse.
• Music has always been my pain killer during tough times.

noun a harsh, high-pitched sound heard during breathing in cases of obstruction in the air passages

• The patient presented with stridor, indicating a potential obstruction in the airway.
• I could hear that stridor sound coming from the baby's throat.
• That stridor noise is freaking me out, man.
• The stridor of the wind through the trees created a haunting atmosphere.

noun a machine that helps a person breathe by moving air in and out of the lungs

• The patient was put on a ventilator to assist with breathing.
• They had to hook him up to a ventilator in the hospital.
• I heard they had to stick a tube down his throat and put him on a vent.
• She felt like she was suffocating in the meeting, like she needed a mental ventilator.

noun a substance that causes constriction of blood vessels, leading to an increase in blood pressure

adjective describing something that causes constriction of blood vessels

• The medication acts as a vasoconstrictor, causing blood vessels to narrow.
• The doctor prescribed me a vasoconstrictor to help with my circulation issues.
• I need to take a vasoconstrictor to get rid of this headache.
• His words were like a vasoconstrictor, causing tension and discomfort in the room.