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

The employee was contracted through North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA), an anesthesiology group, the hospital stated. —Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025

At the time of joining the group, Sheerer — a divorced father of a young girl — was a fellow in pediatric anesthesiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. —Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025

Neurosurgery relies fundamentally on anesthesiology. —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

Word History

First Known Use

1911, 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