unanesthetized
Without numbing agents
Unanesthetized means without anesthesia—awake and able to feel pain during a medical procedure.
The term appears in discussions of surgery, animal research, and historical medicine before anesthesia's development: The operation was performed on unanesthetized patients.
Figuratively, it suggests raw, unmediated experience: an unanesthetized look at poverty.
Extreme physical or emotional pain
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- excruciatingCausing extreme suffering
- torturousCausing extreme pain
- unbearableImpossible to endure
distressing · aching · throbbing · searing · burning · stinging · wincing · grimacing
Not in slumber
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- awareHaving knowledge of
- lucidMentally sharp and comprehensible
- cognizantConscious of facts
unsedated · unmedicated · undrugged · clear-headed · responsive · unimpaired · vigilant · attentive
Process of working
- procedurePrescribed sequence of actions
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
vivisection · extraction · amputation · suturing · biopsy · cauterization · wound · cutting
Sensed inner state
- rawIn original state
- tenderSoft or sore
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- exposedOut in open
receptive · unprotected · susceptible · unshielded · bare · open · responsive · alive
Deliberate harm-causing disposition
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- humaneMarked by kindness
- welfareComfort and prosperity
- consentVoluntary agreement given
rights · torture · inhumane · barbaric · unethical · controversial · experimental · vivisection
agony
Extreme physical or emotional pain
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- excruciatingCausing extreme suffering
- torturousCausing extreme pain
unbearable · distressing · aching · throbbing · searing · burning · stinging · wincing · grimacing · writhing
awake
Not in slumber
cognizant · unsedated · unmedicated · undrugged · clear-headed · responsive · unimpaired · vigilant · attentive · sober
operation
Process of working
- procedurePrescribed sequence of actions
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
dissection · vivisection · extraction · amputation · suturing · biopsy · cauterization · wound · cutting · stitching
feeling
Sensed inner state
- rawIn original state
- tenderSoft or sore
- vulnerableOpen to attack
exposed · receptive · unprotected · susceptible · unshielded · bare · open · responsive · alive · sensate
cruelty
Deliberate harm-causing disposition
consent · rights · torture · inhumane · barbaric · unethical · controversial · experimental · vivisection · advocacy
unanesthetizedanesthetized
Made numb for surgery
sedated · numbed · put under · knocked out · drugged
anesthetic, anesthesia, analgesic, analgesia, anesthetize, anesthetized, anaesthetic, anesthesiology, anesthesiologist