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

Examples of anesthesiology in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Few professionals embody that evolution more clearly than Dr. Steven Joseph Barker, PhD, MD, professor emeritus of anesthesiology and aerospace engineering at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. —Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 24 Nov. 2025

Villarroel and study co-author Stephen Bruehl, a professor of anesthesiology from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, say their data show a statistical correlation between these flashes of light and reported sightings of unidentified objects. —Keith Cooper, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2025

Those bills, which came from specialists in emergency medicine, anesthesiology, and radiology who treated her, totaled more than $5,000. —Michelle Andrews, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025

The employee was contracted through North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA), an anesthesiology group, the hospital stated. —Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anesthesiology

• epidemiology
• ethnomethodology
• ethnomusicology
• gastroenterology
• immunobiology
• immunopathology
• neuropharmacology
• neurophysiology
• neuroradiology
• otolaryngology
• paleobiology
• paleoecology

Medical Definition

anesthesiology

noun

an·​es·​the·​si·​ol·​o·​gy

variants or chiefly British anaesthesiology

-jē 

plural anesthesiologies

: a branch of medical science dealing with anesthesia and anesthetics