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BLOCK ANESTHESIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve; produced by an anesthetic agent applied to the nerve
Synonyms:
block anaesthesia; block anesthesia; conduction anaesthesia; conduction anesthesia; nerve block anaesthesia; nerve block anesthesia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("block anesthesia" is a kind of...):
anaesthesia; anesthesia (loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness)