sedation

noun

sedation

noun

1

The act of sedating, especially by use of sedatives.

The patient was so agitated that the doctor resorted to sedation.

Derived terms: analgosedation, conscious sedation, cryosedation, hypnosedation, monosedation, oversedation, pharmacosedation, resedation, sedationist, terminal sedation, undersedation

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