anesthesiology
noun
an·es·the·si·ol·o·gy
ˌa-nəs-ˌthē-zē-ˈä-lə-jē 
: a branch of medical science dealing with anesthesia and anesthetics
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Neurosurgery relies fundamentally on anesthesiology.
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Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
However, a recent study from UC Davis found that from 2019 to 2023, there was a 45 percent drop in the number of anesthesiology residents applying for chronic pain fellowships.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
And prior to the 1980s, use of general anesthesia during C-section was pretty typical, Jamie Murphy, MD, chief of the obstetric, gynecologic, and fetal anesthesiology division at Johns Hopkins, tells SELF.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 16 July 2025
The anesthesiology group didn’t return calls for comment.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2025
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Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
However, a recent study from UC Davis found that from 2019 to 2023, there was a 45 percent drop in the number of anesthesiology residents applying for chronic pain fellowships.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
And prior to the 1980s, use of general anesthesia during C-section was pretty typical, Jamie Murphy, MD, chief of the obstetric, gynecologic, and fetal anesthesiology division at Johns Hopkins, tells SELF.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 16 July 2025
The anesthesiology group didn’t return calls for comment.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2025
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anesthesiology
noun
an·es·the·si·ol·o·gy
variants
or chiefly British anaesthesiology
plural anesthesiologies
: a branch of medical science dealing with anesthesia and anesthetics
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