Definitions
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- noun medicine the process of rendering one
unconscious through the application of anelectric current - noun the
unconsciousness induced as a result of the process
Etymologies
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Examples
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Then the electronarcosis currents started to pulse, and Discovery's operational crew diminished to five, to four, to three ....
Tin 2010
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First, the electronarcosis current would be switched off.
Tin 2010
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Here we have two astronauts who, by a combination of drugs and electronarcosis, can be kept in a state of hibernation for prolonged periods.
Tin 2010
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First, the electronarcosis current would be switched off.
The Lost Worlds of 2001 Clarke, Arthur C. 1972
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Here we have two astronauts who, by a combination of drugs and electronarcosis, can be kept in a state of hibernation for prolonged periods.
The Lost Worlds of 2001 Clarke, Arthur C. 1972
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Then the electronarcosis currents started to pulse, and Discovery's operational crew diminished to five, to four, to three ....
The Lost Worlds of 2001 Clarke, Arthur C. 1972
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A small automatic programmer - not much more complex than that which cycles the operations in a domestic washing machine - would then inject the correct drugs, taper off the electronarcosis pulses, and start raising the body temperature.
2001 A Space Odyssey Clarke, Arthur C. 1968
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Then, if he felt like it, he would spend a couple of hours either reading or looking at a movie; and at midnight he would go to sleep - usually without any help from electronarcosis.
2001 A Space Odyssey Clarke, Arthur C. 1968
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