Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun twilight_sleep

1 sense of twilight sleep

Sense 1
twilight sleep -- (a state of general anesthesia in which the person retains a slight degree of consciousness; can be induced by injection of scopolamine or morphine)
       => general anesthesia, general anaesthesia -- (a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation))