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What (who) is sedation - definition
REDUCTION OF AGITATION BY ADMINISTERING DRUGS
Sedate; Sedates; Sedated; Sedating; Sedations; Intravenous sedation; Ramsay Sedation Scale; Neuroleptanalgesic anesthesia; Daytime sedation; Daytime impairment; Next-day sedation; Next-day impairment
sedation
If someone is under sedation, they have been given medicine or drugs in order to calm them or make them sleep.
His mother was under sedation after the boy's body was brought back from Germany.
N-UNCOUNT: oft under N
Sedation
·noun The act of calming, or the state of being calm.
sedation
¦ noun the administering of a sedative drug to produce a state of calm or sleep.
?a state of calm or sleep produced by a sedative.
Origin
C16: from Fr. sedation or L. sedatio(n-), from sedare (see sedate1).
Wikipedia
Sedation
Sedation is the reduction of irritability or agitation by administration of sedative drugs, generally to facilitate a medical procedure or diagnostic procedure. Examples of drugs which can be used for sedation include isoflurane, diethyl ether, propofol, etomidate, ketamine, pentobarbital, lorazepam and midazolam.
Examples of use of sedation
1. Like heroin, it produces feelings of euphoria and sedation.
2. Ashcroft, who was under sedation and recovering from surgery.
3. "We have ethical and legal difficulties with sedation," she sniffed.
4. He remained under light sedation, a hospital statement said.
5. Ashcroft, then under sedation and recovering from surgery.