epidural

Nouns

  • (n) regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord; sensation is lost in the abdominal and genital and pelvic areas; used in childbirth and gynecological surgery epidural anaesthesia, epidural anesthesia,

Synonyms

extradural epidural anaesthesia epidural anesthesia

Words of close approximity

epidural anaesthesia epidural anesthesia epidural injection