regional anaesthesia

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

  regional anaesthesia
      n 1: loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by
           application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves
           supplying that region (as when an epidural anesthetic is
           administered to the pelvic region during childbirth) [syn:
           regional anesthesia, regional anaesthesia]