Sedation
11sedation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, heavy ▪ mild PREPOSITION ▪ under sedation ▪ The attack victim is currently in hospital, under heavy sed …
12sedation — se|da|tion [sıˈdeıʃən] n [U] the use of drugs to make someone calm or go to sleep under sedation ▪ The patient was still under heavy sedation …
13sedation — [[t]sɪde͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft under N If someone is under sedation, they have been given medicine or drugs in order to calm them or make them sleep. His mother was under sedation after the boy s body was brought back from Germany …
14sedation — noun (U) the use of drugs to make someone sleepy or calm: under (heavy) sedation: I couldn t speak to her as she was still under sedation …
15sedation — noun Date: 1543 1. the inducing of a relaxed easy state especially by the use of sedatives 2. a state resulting from or as if from sedation …
16Sedation — Der Begriff Sedierung (seltener auch Sedation, v. lat. sedare, „beruhigen“ eigentlich „sinken lassen“ ) wird vor allem in der Medizin, insbesondere in der Intensivmedizin oder bei der Nutzung von Psychopharmaka verwendet. Er bezeichnet die… …
17sedation — /si day sheuhn/, n. Med. 1. the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, esp. by the administration of a drug. 2. the state so induced. [1535 45; < L sedation (s. of sedatio), equiv. to sedat(us) (see SEDATE) + ion… …
18sedation — noun The act of sedating, especially by use of sedatives. The patient was so agitated that the doctor resorted to sedation …
19sedation — se|da|tion [ sı deıʃn ] noun uncount the use of drugs to make someone calmer, or to make them sleep: She is currently under sedation …
20sedation — noun the administering of a sedative drug to produce a state of calm or sleep. ↘a state of calm or sleep produced by a sedative. Origin C16: from Fr. sédation or L. sedatio(n ), from sedare (see sedate1) …
