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LOCAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops
Example:
the local seemed to take forever to get to New York
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("local" is a kind of...):
public transport (conveyance for passengers or mail or freight)
Antonym:
express (public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body
Synonyms:
local; local anaesthetic; local anesthetic; topical anaesthetic; topical anesthetic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("local" is a kind of...):
anaesthetic; anaesthetic agent; anesthetic; anesthetic agent (a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "local"):
anesthyl (a mixture of methyl and ethyl chloride; sprayed on as a local anesthetic)
antipruritic (a substance that relieves or prevents itching)
benzocaine; ethyl aminobenzoate (a white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic)
butacaine; butacaine sulfate (a white crystalline ester that is applied to mucous membranes as a local anesthetic)
ethyl chloride (a colorless flammable gas used as a local surface anesthetic)
Lidocaine; Xylocaine (a local anesthetic (trade names Lidocaine and Xylocaine) used topically on the skin and mucous membranes)
Ethocaine; procaine (a white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine)
tetracaine (a crystalline compound used in the form of a hydrochloride as a local anesthetic)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
Example:
local authorities
Classified under:
Antonym:
national (concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Affecting only a restricted part or area of the body
Example:
local anesthesia
Classified under:
Similar:
localised; localized (confined or restricted to a particular location)
topical (pertaining to the surface of a body part)
Domain category:
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Antonym:
general (affecting the entire body)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood
Example:
a local bus line
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
locality (a surrounding or nearby region)
Derivation:
locality (a surrounding or nearby region)
Context examples:
A synthetic short-acting opioid with analgesic and local anesthesia enhancing activity.
(Alfentanil, NCI Thesaurus)
The clinical course is aggressive, with local recurrences and distant metastases.
(Adult Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
When The Parthenon check of three hundred and fifty dollars was forwarded to him, he turned it over to the local lawyer who had attended to Brissenden's affairs for his family.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Local fish catch could help reduce nutrient deficiencies in developing countries — but only if more of it is distributed regionally.
(Fairer fish trade could fix nutrient deficiencies in coastal countries, SciDev.Net)
Mr. Darcy drew his chair a little towards her, and said, “You cannot have a right to such very strong local attachment. You cannot have been always at Longbourn.”
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
A similar volcanic eruption in Alaska in 2008 was found to be associated with an increase in the local salmon population.
(Scientists report skyrocketing phyotplankton population in aftermath of Kīlauea eruption, Wikinews)
New research shows that all the cells in the plant coordinate partly through something called local self-organisation.
(Plants can tell time even without a brain, University of Cambridge)
I called in the local police, but without success.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Local excision is curative and recurrences are very rare.
(Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
Curiosity doesn't have instruments that can definitively say what the source of the methane is, or even if it's coming from a local source within Gale Crater or elsewhere on the planet.
(Curiosity Detects Unusually High Methane Levels, NASA)
