National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 21, 2019
Preferred Name

Anesthetic Agent

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

Contributing_Source

CTRP

DEFINITION

Agents that are capable of inducing a total or partial loss of sensation, especially tactile sensation and pain. They may act to induce general anesthesia, in which an unconscious state is achieved, or may act locally to induce numbness or lack of sensation at a targeted site. (MeSH)

Display_Name

Anesthetic Agent

FULL_SYN

Anesthetic

Anesthetic Drugs

Anesthestic Drugs

Anesthesia Agent

Anaesthetic Agent

Anaesthetics

Anesthetics

label

Anesthetic Agent

Legacy_Concept_Name

Anesthetic_Agent

Preferred_Name

Anesthetic Agent

prefixIRI

C245

prefLabel

Anesthetic Agent

Semantic_Type

Chemical Viewed Functionally

UMLS_CUI

C0002932

subClassOf

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

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