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SEDATION

\sɛdˈe͡ɪʃən], \sɛdˈe‍ɪʃən], \s_ɛ_d_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of SEDATION

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2011 - English Dictionary Database
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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a state of reduced excitement or anxiety that is induced by the administrative of a sedative agent

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

a state of reduced excitement or anxiety that is induced by the administrative of a sedative agent

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Act of a sedative.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

The production of a sedative effect.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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