 regional_anaesthesia |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (medicine,surgery) 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) | |
| Synonyms: | regional_anesthesia | |
| Related terms: | anesthesia epidural_anesthesia caudal_anesthesia paracervical_block pudendal_block spinal_anesthesia acroanesthesia | |
| Similar spelling: |
regional_anesthesia regional_enteritis |
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