National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Anesthetic Agent
Synonyms

Anesthetics

Anesthestic Drugs

Anesthesia Agent

Anesthetic Agent

Anaesthetics

Anaesthetic Agent

Anesthetic Drugs

Anesthetic

anesthetic

Definitions

A pharmacological agent that acts in a reversible fashion and can be applied either locally or systemically to cause a partial or total loss of sensation and pain or to induce unconsciousness.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C245

ALT_DEFINITION

A drug or other substance that causes a loss of feeling or awareness. Local anesthetics cause a loss of feeling in one small area of the body. Regional anesthetics cause a loss of feeling in a part of the body, such as an arm or leg. General anesthetics cause a loss of feeling and a complete loss of awareness that feels like a very deep sleep.

CHEBI_ID

CHEBI:38867

code

C245

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116978

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116977

Contributing_Source

CTRP

DEFINITION

A pharmacological agent that acts in a reversible fashion and can be applied either locally or systemically to cause a partial or total loss of sensation and pain or to induce unconsciousness.

Display_Name

Anesthetic Agent

FULL_SYN

Anesthetics

Anesthestic Drugs

Anesthesia Agent

Anesthetic Agent

Anaesthetics

Anaesthetic Agent

Anesthetic Drugs

Anesthetic

anesthetic

label

Anesthetic Agent

Legacy Concept Name

Anesthetic_Agent

NCI_META_CUI

CL1642104

Preferred_Name

Anesthetic Agent

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C245

Semantic_Type

Chemical Viewed Functionally

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C78272

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