Unscramble

a 1 n 1 e 1 s 1 t 1 h 4 e 1 s 1 i 1 a 1

10 letters · 13 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness

originSense of “insensibility” attested since 1679, from New Latin anaesthēsia, from Ancient Greek ἀναισθησία (anaisthēsía, “without sensation”), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) and αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “sensation”). By surface analysis, an- + -esthesia. Sense of “state induced by an agent” attested since 1846.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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