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BLOCK ANAESTHESIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does block anaesthesia mean? 

BLOCK ANAESTHESIA (noun)
  The noun BLOCK ANAESTHESIA has 1 sense:

1. anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve; produced by an anesthetic agent applied to the nerveplay

  Familiarity information: BLOCK ANAESTHESIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLOCK ANAESTHESIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve; produced by an anesthetic agent applied to the nerve

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

block anaesthesia; block anesthesia; conduction anaesthesia; conduction anesthesia; nerve block anaesthesia; nerve block anesthesia

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

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


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