epiduralnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌep.ɪˈdʒʊə.rəl/us/ˌep.əˈdʊr.əl/an anaesthetic (= a substance that stops you feeling pain) that is put into the nerves in a person's lower back with a special needle:
They gave my wife an epidural when she was giving birth.
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