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regional anesthesia

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Anesthesia characterized by the loss of sensation in a circumscribed region of the body, produced by the application of a regional anesthetic, usually by injection.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region (as when an epidural anesthetic is administered to the pelvic region during childbirth)

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. anesthesia
  2. anæsthesia

hyponyms (13)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. acroanaesthesia
  2. acroanesthesia
  3. caudal anaesthesia
  4. caudal anesthesia
  5. caudal block
  6. epidural
  7. epidural anaesthesia
  8. epidural anesthesia
  9. paracervical block
  10. pudendal block
  11. spinal
  12. spinal anaesthesia
  13. spinal anesthesia

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