What does "spinal anesthesia" mean?

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 cord

What is a synonym for "spinal anesthesia"?

Common synonyms include: spinal, spinal anaesthesia.

Spinal anesthesia

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Noun

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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 cord wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

spinal spinal anaesthesia

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