regional_anesthesia
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_anaesthesia
Related terms: anesthesia epidural_anesthesia caudal_anesthesia paracervical_block pudendal_block spinal_anesthesia acroanesthesia
Similar spelling:   regional_anaesthesia
  regional_anatomy
  regional_enteritis
  regional_ileitis