pembiusan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed bius +‎ peng- -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəmbiˈusan/ [pəm.biˈus.an]
• Rhymes: -usan
• Syllabification: pem‧bi‧us‧an

Noun

pembiusan (plural pembiusan-pembiusan)

1. anaesthesia, anesthesia
   1. (medicine, anaesthesia) an artificial method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain without causing loss of vital functions, by the administration of one or more agents which block pain impulses before transmitted to the brain.
   2. (medicine, anaesthesia, neurology) the loss or prevention of sensation, as caused by anesthesia (in the above sense), or by a lesion in the nervous system, or by another physical abnormality.

Synonyms

• anestesi

Further reading

• “pembiusan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• Abdul Bani Saifuddin, Trijatmo Rachimhadhi, Teuku Zulkifli Jacoeb, Ellya Iswati (1993) Kamus Obstetri dan Ginekologi [Dictionary of Obstetrics and Gynecology] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN , page 13: “pembiusan”