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regional anesthesia

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Noun

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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caudal block caudal anesthesia caudal anaesthesia paracervical block pudendal block epidural anaesthesia epidural anesthesia epidural regional gallamine more...

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