The side effects of a general anesthesia usually appear just a few hours after surgery is complete. The feeling of a sore throat or dry throat is typically the first thing patients notice and this is the result of the tube used to help the patients breathe during the surgery.
verb. reduce something, usually a pain or a problem. 1  abate. 2  alleviate. 3  assuage. 4  calm. 5  compose. 6  cool out. 7  decrease. 8  ease. 9  lessen. 10  lighten. 11  make nice. 12  mitigate. 13  moderate. 14  mollify. 15  pacify. 16  play up to. 17  pour oil on. 18  quiet. 19  square. 20  take the bite out. 21  take the sting out.
1 assuage To soften, in a figurative sense; allay; mitigate, ease, or lessen, as pain or grief; moderate; appease or pacify, as passion or tumult. 2  assuage Synonyms Alleviate, Relieve, Mitigate, etc. (see alleviate); to appease, mollify, temper (see lists under alleviate and allay).