The process or act of administering anaesthesia to render someone unconscious or numb for medical purposes.
From 'anaesthetize' + '-ation' (a suffix forming nouns from verbs). The '-ation' suffix creates nouns representing actions or processes, as in 'operation' or 'creation.'
The anaesthetization process is carefully timed—doctors must coordinate so the patient falls asleep right before surgery begins, and they gradually bring them back as the operation ends; it's like a carefully choreographed dance.
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