Sedation

  • 21sedation — UK [sɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [uncountable] the use of drugs to make someone calmer, or to make them sleep She is currently under sedation …

    English dictionary

  • 22Sedation — Sedierung; Ruhigstellung; Beruhigung …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 23sedation — Synonyms and related words: catalepsy, coma, encephalitis lethargica, high, lethargy, narcohypnosis, narcolepsy, narcoma, narcosis, narcotic stupor, narcotization, nod, shock, sleeping sickness, sopor, stupor, swoon, thanatosis, trance …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 24sedation — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. alleviation; narcosis, hypnosis; sedative. See remedy …

    English dictionary for students

  • 25sedation — se da·tion || sɪ deɪʃn n. act of calming by administering a sedative drug; influence of sedative drugs …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 26sedation — se·da·tion …

    English syllables

  • 27sedation — n. the production of a restful state of mind, particularly by the use of drugs (see sedative) …

    The new mediacal dictionary

  • 28sedation — [sɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)n] noun [U] the use of drugs to make someone calmer, or to make them sleep …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 29sedation — se•da•tion [[t]sɪˈdeɪ ʃən[/t]] n. 1) med the bringing about of mental or physiological relaxation, esp. by the use of a drug 2) med the state so induced …

    From formal English to slang

  • 30sedation — /səˈdeɪʃən/ (say suh dayshuhn) noun 1. the state of being tranquillised or in an induced condition of reduced pain. 2. the act or fact of soothing or allaying irritability or pain …