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LOCAL ANAESTHESIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does local anaesthesia mean?
• LOCAL ANAESTHESIA (noun)
The noun LOCAL ANAESTHESIA has 1 sense:
1. loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction)
Familiarity information: LOCAL ANAESTHESIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
local anaesthesia; local anesthesia
Hypernyms ("local anaesthesia" is a kind of...):
anaesthesia; anesthesia (loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness)
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