Twilight sleep

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounAn amnesic condition characterized by insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness, induced by an injection of morphine and scopolamine, especially to relieve the pain of childbirth.

Synonyms

twilight anesthesia yen sleep freiburg method hypnic conscious sedation milk of amnesia subanesthesia hypnotic anesthetic amorphinism somnos hypnaesthesis

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