adv :  in or into a condition of unconsciousness <put the patient prior to surgery> 
, prep :  receiving or using the action or application of <an operation performed local anesthesia> 
, adj :  being in an induced state of unconsciousness <given intravenously when the patient is -C. A. Birch>  .
 
 
 
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