the act of giving somebody drugs in order to make them calm or to make them sleep; the state that results from this 药物镇静;镇静状态 - under sedation
The victim's wife was last night being kept under sedation in the local hospital. 昨晚,受害人的妻子在当地医院用药后处于镇静状态。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- heavy
- mild
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- under sedation
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French sédation or Latin sedatio(n-), from sedare ‘settle’, from sedere ‘sit’.- under sedation