twilight sleep
noun Medicine/Medical.
a state of semiconsciousness, usually produced by hypodermic injections of scopolamine and morphine, used chiefly to effect relatively painless childbirth.
Origin of twilight sleep
First recorded in 1910–15
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Example sentences from the Web for twilight sleep
The "twilight-sleep" injections are not started until the patient is in the stage of active labor.
The Mother and Her Child |William S. Sadler
British Dictionary definitions for twilight sleep
twilight sleep
noun
med
a state of partial anaesthesia in which the patient retains a slight degree of consciousness
Medical definitions for twilight sleep
twilight sleep
[ twī′līt′ ]
n.
An amnesic condition characterized by insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness, induced by an injection of morphine and scopolamine, formerly used to relieve the pain of childbirth.