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Ayan86 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
Is "analgesia" correct here?
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Is the underlined word correctly-chosen? Any other pointer?
The liposuction takes place under local anesthesia – only those skin areas where 3-4 mm incision is made in order to introduce the tubes, are treated with analgesia.
Thanks!
Is the underlined word correctly-chosen? Any other pointer?
The liposuction takes place under local anesthesia – only those skin areas where 3-4 mm incision is made in order to introduce the tubes, are treated with analgesia.
Thanks!
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The liposuction takes place under local anesthesia—only those skin areas where 3-4 mm incisions are made in order to introduce the tubes are treated with analgesia.
- The liposuction takes place under local anesthesia—only those skin areas where 3-4 mm incisions are made in order to introduce the tubes are treated with analgesia.
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The liposuction takes place under local anesthesia—only those skin areas where 3-4 mm incisions are made in order to introduce the tubes are treated with analgesia.
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No, the ending -ia indicates a state. "Anesthesia" is the state of having no feeling (i.e., sensation). "Analgesia" is the state of having no feelings of pain. If you're under analgesia, you can still feel things other than pain, e.g., pressure. The ending -ic indicates an agent. So the drugs they give you to induce anesthesia are anesthetics, and the treatments for inducing analgesia are ana
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