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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 nerve
Familiarity information: BLOCK ANAESTHESIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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