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Veterinary Medicine vocabulary · Surgery and Anaesthesia

Come round

Meaning in veterinary medicine, with examples

phrasal verbCommon term

In veterinary medicine, come round means: To wake up and become conscious again after an anaesthetic or after fainting. American English prefers come around or wake up.

In Turkish: ayılmak, anesteziden uyanmak, kendine gelmek

How it is used

Used every day in the recovery area and on the phone with owners: She's coming round nicely. He hasn't come round yet. In notes and papers vets write recovery from anaesthesia.

Example sentences

  1. The operation went well, and she's coming round in her kennel now.

  2. I'll call you when he's fully come round, and we'll talk about going home.

Common collocations

  • come round from the anaesthetic
  • come round slowly
  • come round smoothly
  • fully come round
  • anaesthesiaA controlled state, produced with drugs, in which an animal feels no pain and is usually unconscious, so that surgery or other procedures can be done safely.
  • intubateTo pass a tube through the mouth into an animal's windpipe (trachea) to keep the airway open and deliver oxygen and anaesthetic gas.
  • dischargeTo let a hospitalised animal go home with its owner, usually with instructions and medicines. As a noun, discharge also means fluid coming out of the body, for example from the eyes or nose.
  • vital signsThe basic measurements that show how well an animal's body is working: temperature, heart rate, pulse and breathing rate.

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