sedation
/sɪˈdeɪʃən/
noun
- The act of giving a person or animal a drug to make them calm or sleepy, especially before a medical procedure.
- The veterinarian recommended sedation for the nervous dog before the X-ray.
- The dentist used sedation to help the patient relax during the tooth extraction.
- After the surgery, the patient remained under light sedation for a few hours.
- A state of calmness or sleepiness caused by a drug.
- The doctor warned that the drug might cause sedation and advised against driving.
- The medication caused mild sedation, so she felt drowsy all afternoon.
- He was under deep sedation and did not remember the procedure.