Hadar Shemesh breaks down how to say anesthesia, the medical treatment that blocks pain during surgery. The stress lands on the second syllable, the "th" sound, and it ends with a "j" sound plus schwa.
How to pronounce anesthesia. Anesthesia is a medical treatment that prevents patients from feeling pain during a medical procedure. For example surgery. So anesthesia, let's break it down. It's like a tongue twister inside the word. Like a full on tongue twister. In a given word, you start with the a as in cat. Then we have N, an n sound, a schwa and an s. Then we have a th sound and a high e. The the thee. Anesthesia. And then you close it with a j sound and a schwa. Anesthesia. Notice that the the is the primary stress. This is why I did this. Which means it's longer, louder, higher in pitch. Anesthesia. Anesthesia. Write a sentence with the word anesthesia.
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