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spinal anaesthesia
spinal anaesthesia n 1. (Surgery) surgery anaesthesia of the lower half of the body produced by injecting an anaesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane surrounding the spinal cord. See also epidural2 2. (Pathology) pathol loss of sensation in some part of the body as the result of injury of the spinal cord Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  spinal anaesthesia - anesthesia of the lower half of the body; caused by injury to the spinal cord or by injecting an anesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane that surrounds the spinal cordspinal, spinal anesthesiaregional anaesthesia, regional anesthesia - 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)saddle block anaesthesia, saddle block anesthesia - the parts of a patient's body that would touch a saddle if the patient were sitting in one are anesthetized by injecting a local anesthetic into the spinal cord |
TranslationsrachianalgésierachianesthésieEncyclopediaSeespinal anesthesiaspinal anaesthesia
spi·nal an·es·the·si·a (spī'năl an'es-thē'zē-ă) 1. Loss of sensation produced by injection of local anesthetic solution(s) into the spinal subarachnoid space. 2. Loss of sensation produced by disease of the spinal cord.
Synonym(s): spinal anaesthesia. spinal anaesthesia A major form of local anaesthesia, performed by injecting an anaesthetic drug between two of the vertebrae of the lower back into the CEREBROSPINAL FLUID. This blocks nerve transmission in the adjacent spinal nerves.spinal anaesthesia
Related to spinal anaesthesia: epidural anaesthesiaSynonyms for spinal anaesthesianoun anesthesia of the lower half of the bodySynonymsRelated Words- regional anaesthesia
- regional anesthesia
- saddle block anaesthesia
- saddle block anesthesia
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