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    EPIDURAL ANAESTHESIA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord; sensation is lost in the abdominal and genital and pelvic areas; used in childbirth and gynecological surgeryplay

    Synonyms:

    epidural; epidural anaesthesia; epidural anesthesia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("epidural anaesthesia" 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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