Hyphenation
an·aes·the·siaTurkish pronunciation
änısthijıPronunciation
/ˌanəsˈᴛʜēᴢʜə/ /ˌænəsˈθiːʒə/
Etymology
() From Ancient Greek ἀναισθησία ἀν- (an, “not”) + αἴσθησις (aisthēsis, “sensation”) Coined 1846 by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]], in a letter to dentist William T. G. Morton|William T. G. Morton]], the first practitioner to publicly demonstrate the use of ether during surgery, writing:
:: Everybody wants to have a hand in a great discovery. All I will do is to give a hint or two as to names—or the name—to be applied to the state produced and the agent. The state should, I think, be called ‘Anaesthesia.’ This signifies insensibility—more particularly ... to objects of touch.Small, Miriam Rossiter (1962). Oliver Wendell Homes. Twayne’s United States authors series, 29. New York: Twayne Publishers. OCLC 273508, p. 55