anociassociation

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ noci- +‎ association. Coined by George W. Crile in 1910.[1]

Noun

anociassociation

  1. (surgery) The prevention of shock during surgery using a combination of methods, including sedation and anesthesia.

References

  1. ^ George W. Crile (1910), Phylogenetic association in relation to certain medical problems‎[1], page 24: “The state of the patient in whom all noci-associations are excluded can be described only by coining a new word. That word is anoci-association.”
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