The Emergence Machine

Anesthesia

process · Medicine · Level 7 · E10

E10Institutions

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

Anesthesia is a medical process that temporarily disrupts the dynamic equilibrium of physical, mental, and social functions that enables an individual to adapt, grow, and thrive in their environment, thereby inducing a loss of sensation or consciousness.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “anesthesia” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “anesthesia”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
anesthesia
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0AnesthesiaHealthDiseaseEquilibriumOrganismBalanceCellPhysicsSystemForceFormLifeProcessActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesSurgeryL8AnesthesiaL7HealthL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Health L6 (requires)
    anesthesia builds on the concept of health

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