EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does epidural anesthesia mean? • EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA (noun)
The noun EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA has 1 sense:
1. 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 surgery
Familiarity information: EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA (noun)
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 surgery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
epidural; epidural anaesthesia; epidural anesthesia
Hypernyms ("epidural anesthesia" 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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