ACROANESTHESIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Loss of sensation in the extremities

Synonyms:

acroanaesthesia; acroanesthesia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("acroanesthesia" is a kind of...):

regional anaesthesia; regional anesthesia (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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