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LOCAL ANESTHESIA
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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 anesthesia" is a kind of...):
anaesthesia; anesthesia (loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness)
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