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Anesthetics

"Anesthetics" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Agents that are capable of inducing a total or partial loss of sensation, especially tactile sensation and pain. They may act to induce general ANESTHESIA, in which an unconscious state is achieved, or may act locally to induce numbness or lack of sensation at a targeted site.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Anesthetics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Anesthetics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 36 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2009 and 2018
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