regional anesthesia

Noun

Meaning

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)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

local anaesthetic local anesthetic spinal tap regional anaesthesia

Hypernyms

anesthesia anaesthesia

Hyponyms

spinal acroanaesthesia acroanesthesia epidural spinal anaesthesia epidural anesthesia

Close letter words and terms

regional regional anaesthesia regional anatomy regional anesthetic regional authority regional boundary