caudal anaesthesia

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caudal anaesthesia - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  caudal anaesthesia
      n 1: regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an
           anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now
           largely replaced by epidural anesthesia [syn: caudal anesthesia
           , caudal anaesthesia, caudal block]