Etymograph

English

teleanesthesia

From tele- + anesthesia.

Formed from tele- + anesthesia

Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- ‘to turn, revolve’

Ancient Greek τῆλε ‘at a distance, far off, far away, far from’

English tele-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- ‘to see, perceive’

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Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι ‘to perceive’

Ancient Greek αἴσθησις ‘sensation’

Ancient Greek ἀναισθησία ‘without sensation’

New Latin anaesthēsia

English anesthesia

Today it means

noun Remotely administered anesthesia.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “teleanesthesia”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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