ESTHESIA

In medical jurisprudence. (1) Lo of sensation, or insensibility to pain, general or local, induced by the ad- L ministration or applicatioi;i of certain rlrugs such as ether, nitrous oxide gas, or cocaine. (2) Defect of sensation, or more or le complete insensibility to pain, existing in var i• ons parts of th'e body as a result of certail! diseases of the nervous system. M [s. 73]