CAUDAL BLOCK

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does caudal block mean? 

• CAUDAL BLOCK (noun)
  The noun CAUDAL BLOCK has 1 sense:

1. regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now largely replaced by epidural anesthesia

  Familiarity information: CAUDAL BLOCK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAUDAL BLOCK (noun)

Meaning:

Regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now largely replaced by epidural anesthesia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

caudal anaesthesia; caudal anesthesia; caudal block

Hypernyms ("caudal block" 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))