- twilight sleep
- twilight sleepn.[transl. of Ger dämmerschlaf]a state of partial anesthesia induced by the injection of morphine and scopolamine, formerly used to lessen the pains of childbirth
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Twilight sleep — (English translation of the idiomaticcite news |first=H. J. last=Boldt authorlink= coauthors= title= TWILIGHT SLEEP. ; An Inaccurate Translation of the German Daemmerschlaf. url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9504E6DE123FE233A25754… … Wikipedia
Twilight sleep — A term applied to the combination of analgesia (pain relief) and amnesia (loss of memory) produced by a mixture of morphine and scopolamine ( scope ) given by a hypodermic injection (an injection under the skin). The mixture of the two drugs… … Medical dictionary
twilight sleep — /ˈtwaɪlaɪt slip/ (say twuyluyt sleep) noun a state of semiconsciousness usually produced by hypodermic injections of scopolamine and morphine, in order to effect relatively painless childbirth. {translation of German Dämmerschlaf} …
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twilight sleep — noun Medicine a state of partial narcosis or stupor without total loss of consciousness, in particular a state induced by an injection of morphine and scopolamine … English new terms dictionary
twilight sleep — noun a state of general anesthesia in which the person retains a slight degree of consciousness; can be induced by injection of scopolamine or morphine • Hypernyms: ↑general anesthesia, ↑general anaesthesia … Useful english dictionary
Sleep, twilight — A term applied to the combination of analgesia (pain relief) and amnesia (loss of memory) produced by a mixture of morphine and scopolamine ( scope ) given by a hypodermic injection (an injection under the skin). The mixture of the two drugs… … Medical dictionary
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