local anesthetic en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied.
He used a local anaesthetic called something or other "snow," which froze the tissue and avoided pain until the probe, the scalpel or the forceps got below the frozen portion.
1929, Ernest Hemingway, chapter 15, in A Farewell to Arms:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| local anesthetics | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| local anaesthetic | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (17)
tl pampamanhid (substance) · hu érzéstelenítő (substance) · pt anestesia local (substance) · th ยาชา (substance) · de lokales Betäubungsmittel (substance) · sk lokálne anestetikum (substance) · cmn 部位麻醉 (substance) · es anestesia local (substance) · es anestésico local (substance) · cmn 局麻 (substance) · de Betäubungsmittel (substance) · cmn 局部麻醉 (substance) · lo ຢາມຶນ (substance) · fi paikallispuudutusaine (substance) · de Lokalanästhetikum (substance) · ru местный анестетик (substance) · hu érzéstelenítő szer (substance)