0 past simple and past participle of sedate
1 to cause a person or animal to be very calm or go to sleep by giving them a drug:
All patients were sedated with a mixture of meperidine, promethazine and chlorpromazine.
For both procedures fish were not sedated which was in accordance with local animal welfare regulations.
On withholding artificial hydration and nutrition from terminally ill sedated patients.
Of the sedated patients, two scans were aborted due to mild apnea.
Seven patients were intubated, 12 had intravenous drips, 187 were sedated and 54 had cyanotic heart disease.
Furthermore, the propensity to be overwhelmed and ' give up ' on this task is greater for individuals who are generally unwell, sedated or have poor motivation.
Nor was pain resulting from wounds invariably sedated.
All babies had been previously sedated with chloral hydrate (50 mg/kg).
