LOCAL ANAESTHESIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction)

Synonyms:

local anaesthesia; local anesthesia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("local anaesthesia" is a kind of...):

anaesthesia; anesthesia (loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness)

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