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Anesthetics, Dissociative MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Anesthetics, Dissociative
Tree Number(s)
D27.505.696.277.100.035.075.035
D27.505.954.427.210.100.035.075.035
Unique ID
D000778
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000778
Annotation
intravenous anesthetics inducing selective loss of some sensations, leaving others intact
Scope Note
Intravenous anesthetics that induce a state of sedation, immobility, amnesia, and marked analgesia. Subjects may experience a strong feeling of dissociation from the environment. The condition produced is similar to NEUROLEPTANALGESIA, but is brought about by the administration of a single drug. (From Gilman et al., Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 8th ed)
Entry Term(s)
Dissociative Anesthetics
Previous Indexing
Anesthetics (1966-1970)
Public MeSH Note
91; was see under ANESTHETICS 1971-90
History Note
91(71); was see under ANESTHETICS 1971-90
Date Established
1991/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2014/06/25
Anesthetics, Dissociative Preferred
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