local anesthesia
1Local anesthesia — Intervention MeSH D000772 Local anesthesia is any technique to induce the absence of sensation in part of the body,[1] generally fo …
2local anesthesia — n loss of sensation in a limited and usu. superficial area esp. from the effect of a local anesthetic * * * anesthesia confined to one area of the body; see also regional a …
3local anesthesia — n. see ANESTHESIA (sense 2) * * * …
4local anesthesia — n. see ANESTHESIA (sense 2) …
5local anesthesia — anesthesia confined to a particular place on the body …
6local anesthesia — noun loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction) • Syn: ↑local anaesthesia • Hypernyms: ↑anesthesia, ↑anaesthesia …
7local anesthesia — Drugs that cause a temporary loss of feeling in one part of the body. The patient remains awake but has no feeling in the part of the body treated with the anesthetic …
8anesthesia — [an΄es thē′zhə, an΄is thē′zhē ə, an΄is thē′zē ə; an΄isthē′zē ə] n. [ModL < Gr anaisthēsia < an , without + aisthēsis, feeling < aisthanesthai: see AESTHETIC] 1. a partial or total loss of the sense of pain, temperature, touch, etc.,… …
9Local — generally means that which relates to a specific area or place, and is not vast or widespread.Local may also refer to:In medicine: * Local refers to a restricted part of the organism; such as a local anesthesiaIn computing: * Locale, a term used… …
10Anesthesia — Not to be confused with Paresthesia. For other uses, see Anesthesia (disambiguation). Anesthesia, or anaesthesia (see spelling differences; from Greek αν , an , without ; and αἴσθησις, aisthēsis, sensation ), traditionally meant the condition of… …
