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Definition: Narcosis |
NarcosisNoun1. Unconsciousness induced by narcotics or anesthesia. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "narcosis" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1919. (references) |
Etymology: Narcosis \Nar*co"sis\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression na`rkwsis. See Narcotic.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Chemical Industry | A general and nonspecific reversible depression of neuronal excitability, produced by a number of physical and chemical aspects, usually resulting in stupor. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Narcosis |
| English words defined with "narcosis": narcotic, narcotising, Narcotism, narcotizing, nitrogen narcosis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "narcosis": Inert Gas Narcosis. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Narcosis" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Spanish (narcosis). |
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| "Narcosis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Narcosis" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "narcosis": Inert Gas Narcosis ♦ nitrogen narcosis. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
narcosis | 17 |
nitrogen narcosis | 12 |
charter dive narcosis | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "narcosis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | narkozë. (various references) | |
Arabic | مخدر (anaesthetic, anaesthetized, anesthetic, anesthetized, benumbed, dope, doped, drug, drugged, narcotic, narcotized, opiate, pain killer, somnolent, soporific, stupefied, stupid, torpid), تخدير (anaesthetization, anesthetization, torpidity). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | наркоза (narcotism). (various references) | |
Czech | narkóza (narcotism). (various references) | |
Danish | narkose (narcosis stupor), fuld narkose (narcosis stupor). (various references) | |
Dutch | narcose (narcosis stupor). (various references) | |
Farsi | حالت بی حسی وخواب الودگی , بی حالی (Inaction). (various references) | |
Finnish | nukutustila, nukutus (anesthesia, narcosis stupor), nukuttaminen, narkoosi (anesthesia, narcosis stupor), yleisanestesia (narcosis stupor). (various references) | |
French | narcose (narcosis stupor). (various references) | |
German | narkose (anaesthesia, anaesthetic, anesthesia, anesthetic, narcosis stupor). (various references) | |
Greek | νάρκωση (narcosis stupor, numbness, sedation, torpidity). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אלחוש (anaesthesia), "ר"מ" (anaesthesia, narcotic, narcotization). (various references) | |
Hungarian | narkózis, kábultság (dizziness, stupefaction, stupor, torpor). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pembiusan (anaesthesia, anesthetisation). (various references) | |
Italian | narcosi (anaesthetic, narcosis stupor). (various references) | |
Korean | 혼수상태. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arcosisnay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | narcose (narcosis stupor, narcotic, narcotization), narciso (narcissus). (various references) | |
Romanian | narcozã. (various references) | |
Russian | наркоз (narcotism). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | narkoza. (various references) | |
Spanish | narcotismo (narcotism, narcotization), narcosis (narcosis stupor). (various references) | |
Swedish | narkos (anaesthetic, nacosis, narcos). (various references) | |
Turkish | narkoz, uyuşma (accommodation, agreement, alignment, anesthesia, axis, bargain, compromise, concurence, consonance, entente, equalization, give and take, numbness, pins and needles, stupefaction, understanding). (various references) | |
Ukranian | наркоз (narcotism). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Narcosis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Marcoussis, Nacoss, naprocin, narcasism, narcasist, narcises, narcisis, narcisits, narcisos, Narcize, Narcizo, narcssis, narcuss, narcussis, Narocz, Nawrocki, nicrosis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "narcosis" (pronounced 'Nar*co"sis'): Absis, Actinomycosis, Adenosclerosis, AEsthesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amaurosis, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anamnesis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Antanaclasis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Aponeurosis, Aposiopesis, apsis, Archebiosis, Arsis, Arteriosclerosis, Arthrosis, Asepsis, Athetosis, Autokinesis, Auxesis, Basis, Biognosis, Calliopsis, Cardiosclerosis, Cariopsis, Caryopsis, Catachresis, Chemosis, Chlorosis, Chromidrosis, Cillosis, Cirrhosis, Classis, Coenesthesis, Coreopsis, Crasis, Crisis, Cyanosis, Cyclosis, Deesis, Dermostosis, Diagnosis, Diapedesis, Diaphoresis, Diarthrosis, Diegesis, Dipsosis, Diuresis, Ecchymosis, Ecphonesis, Ecthlipsis, Ectostosis, Ellipsis, Emphyteusis, Empyesis, Empyrosis, Enantiosis, Enarthrosis, Endostosis, Enuresis, Epanadiplosis, Epanalepsis, Epanorthosis, Epexegesis, Eremacausis, Erotesis, Exanthesis, Exegesis, Exosmosis, Exostosis, Geognosis, Glaucosis, Gnosis, Gomphosis, haematosis, Haemocytotrypsis, Heterauxesis, Heterosis, hidrosis, hydrarthrosis, hydronephrosis, Hyperinosis, Hyperkinesis, Hypinosis, Hypotyposis, hysteresis, ichthyosis, Idiocrasis, ISIS, Karyostenosis, kinaesthesis, Limosis, lordosis, lysis, Marmorosis, Mathesis, meiosis, melanosis, Metachrosis, metalepsis, metempsychosis, Metemptosis, Metensomatosis, mimesis, missis, Morosis, Morphosis, Myopsis, Myosis, Mysis, Necrobiosis, Necrosis, Neurosis, Ochlesis, Osmidrosis, osmosis, osteoclasis, Osteoporosis, Osteosclerosis, Ostosis, Paracentesis, Paraphimosis, paremptosis, Parostosis, Pedesis, Peristalsis, Persis, Pertussis, Pharmacognosis, Phasis, Phimosis, Phlogosis, Phthisis, Phyllomorphosis, Polymorphosis, Proemptosis, Prognosis, Prolepsis, Pseudoblepsis, Psychosis, Pterylosis, Ptilosis, Ptosis, Pyrosis, Reversis, Sarcosis, Scepsis, Schesis, Schindylesis, sclerosis, scoliosis, sepsis, siderosis, Sphrigosis, stasis, Stegnosis, stenosis, Sycosis, syllepsis, symbiosis, Synanthesis, Synartesis, Synarthrosis, Synchondrosis, Synchoresis, Syndesmosis, Synecphonesis, synizesis, Synneorosis, synopsis, Synosteosis, Synostosis, Synteresis, Syssarcosis, Thanatopsis, Thermoneurosis, thesis, Thlipsis, Thoracentesis, thrombosis, Tmesis, trichinosis, Tripsis, tuberculosis, Tussis, Tylosis, Xanthosis, Zygosis, Zymosis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-n-o-r-s-s" | |
-1 letter: caisson, casinos, cassino, incross. | |
-2 letters: acorns, across, arsino, arsons, cairns, cansos, casino, crasis, crissa, narcos, norias, orcins, racons, rosins, sarins, scions, scoria, scorns, sonars, sonics. | |
-3 letters: acorn, airns, arsis, arson, cains, cairn, canso, carns, cions, coins, coirs, coria, corns, crass, cross, icons, irons, narco, narcs, naric, naris, noirs, noria, noris, oasis, orcas, orcin, ornis, ossia, racon, rains, ranis, roans, rosin, sains, sarin, saris, saros, sasin, scans, scars, scion, scorn, soars, sonar, sonic, soras, sorns. | |
-4 letters: ains, airn, airs, anis, arco, arcs, asci, cain, cans, carn, cars, ciao, cion, coin, coir, coni, cons, corn, cors, coss, cris, icon, inro, ions, iron, naoi, naos, narc, noir, nori, oars, ocas, orca, orcs, osar, ossa, rain, rani, rias, rins, roan, rocs, sacs, sain, sans, sari, scan, scar, sics, sins, sirs, soar, sons, sora, sori, sorn, sris. | |
-5 letters: ain, air, ais, ani, arc, ars, ass, can, car, cis, con, cor, cos, ins, ion, nor, nos, oar, oca, ons, ora, orc, ors, ran, ras, ria, rin, roc, sac, sic, sin, sir, sis, son, sos, sri. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-n-o-r-s-s" | |
+1 letter: croissant, scenarios. | |
+2 letters: arccosines, caparisons, constrains, corrasions, crayonists, croissants, suctorians, transsonic. | |
+3 letters: ascriptions, cartoonists, castrations, comparisons, constraints, cordialness, fascinators, franchisors, maraschinos, marchioness, monarchisms, monarchists, nasogastric, organicisms, organicists, ostracising, reaccession, recessional, sardonicism, scorpaenids, secondaries, syndicators, ultrasonics. | |
+4 letters: absorbancies, absorbencies, abstractions, anachronisms, astronautics, asynchronies, asynchronism, backcrossing, ceratopsians, chairpersons, chansonniers, chrismations, chrysarobins, coinsurances, confiscators, conservatism, consistorial, conspiracies, conspirators, contrariness, coruscations, cowardliness, creationisms, creationists, crossbanding, crossbarring, desecrations, discordances, distractions, graciousness, harmonicists, icosahedrons, idiosyncrasy, intercostals, ironicalness, miscreations, narcolepsies, obscurantism, obscurantist, obscurations, overcastings, overissuance, precessional, processional, rapscallions, reaccessions, recessionals, recessionary, romanticises, romanticisms, romanticists, rustications, sardonicisms, subtractions, transactions, transections, transpicuous. | |
+5 letters: accessorising, accessorizing, accordionists, anticonsumers, antirecession, asynchronisms, atrociousness, compressional, comradeliness, concessionary, congressional, conquistadors, consecrations, conservancies, conservations, conservatisms, conservatives, conservatizes, considerables, consolidators, conspirations, containerises, containerless, contrabassist, conversancies, conversations, cordialnesses, cosignatories, counterstains, crossbandings, crosshatching, customariness, discordancies, encrustations, eviscerations, fractiousness, gastrocnemius, incrustations, inobservances, inspectorates, marchionesses, microanalyses, microanalysis, microanalysts, noninsurances, nonresistance, obscurantisms, obscurantists, obstetricians, overissuances, personalistic, pictorialness, proboscideans, proboscidians, processionals, prostacyclins, rapaciousness, reescalations, resuscitation, ribonucleases, sacrosanctity, scatterations, scenographies, scintillators, secondariness, sportscasting, subcontraries, transductions, transfections, unconstraints, veraciousness, vicariousness, voraciousness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 61 72 63 6F 73 69 73 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. .- .-. -.-. --- ... .. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100001 01110010 01100011 01101111 01110011 01101001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N a r c o s i s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0061 0072 0063 006F 0073 0069 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4867846981857585 |
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