Which term means without feeling or sensation?

• A. Numbness
• B. Coma
• C. Insensibility
• D. Anesthesia

Answer: (D)

Anesthesia means the loss or absence of sensation, often induced for medical procedures to prevent pain or awareness. It can be general, affecting consciousness, or local, numbing a specific area. This precise use distinguishes it from numbness, which is diminished sensation rather than complete absence; coma, which is a deep state of unconsciousness; and insensibility, a broader term that doesn’t specifically describe medically induced loss of sensation. So anesthesia is the term that best fits “without feeling or sensation.”