A method of pain relief employing an antipsychotic (neuroleptic) drug and an opioid analgesic; the state of sedation and indifference to pain, with retention of the ability to respond to commands, produced by this.
Origin
1960s. From neurolept- + analgesia, after French neuroleptanalgésie.
Definition of neuroleptanalgesia in US English:
neuroleptanalgesia
nounˌnjʊərə(ʊ)lɛptanlˈdʒiːzɪə
Medicine
A method of pain relief employing an antipsychotic (neuroleptic) drug and an opioid analgesic; the state of sedation and indifference to pain, with retention of the ability to respond to commands, produced by this.
Origin
1960s. From neurolept- + analgesia, after French neuroleptanalgésie.