narcosis (redirected from basal narcosis, basis narcosis)

narcosis /nar·co·sis/ (nahr-ko´sis) reversible depression of the central nervous system produced by drugs, marked by stupor or insensibility.

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nar·co·sis (när-kss)

n. pl. nar·co·ses (-sz)

General and nonspecific reversible depression of neuronal excitability, produced by a physical or chemical agent, usually resulting in stupor rather than in anesthesia.

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narcosis

[närkō′sis]

Etymology: Gk, narkosis, numbness

a state of insensibility or stupor caused by opioid drugs. See also narcotic.

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narcosis (närkō´sis),

n drug-induced unconsciousness.

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narcosis

a reversible state of central nervous system depression induced by a drug.

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basal narcosis, basis narcosis

narcosis with complete unconsciousness, amnesia and analgesia.

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narcosis

Psychiatry Drug-induced stupor of varying depth. See Nitrogen narcosis.