regional_anesthesia (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *regional anesthesia*:
NOUN	state	regional anesthesia, regional anaesthesia	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)

English > *regional anesthesia*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	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).
Synonym	regional anaesthesia
Narrower	acroanesthesia, acroanaesthesia	Loss of sensation in the extremities
	caudal anesthesia, caudal anaesthesia, caudal block	regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal
	epidural anesthesia, epidural anaesthesia, epidural	regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord
	paracervical block	regional anesthesia resulting from the injection of a local anesthetic on each side of the cervix
	pudendal block	regional anesthesia resulting from the use of a local anesthetic to deaden the pudendal nerves in the region of the vulva and labia majora
	spinal anesthesia, spinal anaesthesia, spinal	anesthesia of the lower half of the body
Broader	anesthesia, anaesthesia	Loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness

HyperDic: regional_anesthesia