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anesthesia awareness
The phenomenon of being mentally alert (and terrified) while supposedly under full general anesthesia.
The patient is paralyzed, unable to speak, and totally helpless to communicate his/her awareness. Actual cutting pain may or may not be present.
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) occurs in approximately 50% of awareness victims, and of that 50%, it is suspected that 80% may never get over the trauma.
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aesth-, esth-, aesthe-, esthe-, aesthesio-, esthesio-, aesthesia-, -esthesia, -aesthetic, -esthetic, -aesthetical, -esthetical, -aesthetically, -esthetically +
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