She gave birth with an epidural.
Source: tatoeba (11759417)
Epidural
//ɛp.ɪˈdjʊə.ɹəl//
Synonyms for "epidural" (8 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (2)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (4)
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22 translations across 13 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- epidural adj (situated on or outside the dura mater)
- epidural noun (anaesthetic)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 硬腦膜上 /硬脑膜上 adj (situated on or outside the dura mater)
- 硬腦膜外 /硬脑膜外 adj (situated on or outside the dura mater)
Czech
1 entries- epidurální adj (situated on or outside the dura mater)
Dutch
1 entries- epiduraal adj (situated on or outside the dura mater)
Finnish
2 entries- epiduraalinen adj (situated on or outside the dura mater)
- epiduraalipuudutus noun (anaesthetic)
French
4 entries- péridural adj (situated on or outside the dura mater)
- épidural adj (situated on or outside the dura mater)
- péridurale noun (anaesthetic)
- épidurale noun (anaesthetic)
Greek
1 entries- επισκληρίδιος adj (situated on or outside the dura mater)
Indonesian
2 entries- epidural adj (situated on or outside the dura mater)
- epidural noun (anaesthetic)
Italian
1 entries- epidurale adj (situated on or outside the dura mater)
Polish
1 entries- zewnątrzoponowy adj (situated on or outside the dura mater)
Russian
1 entries- эпидура́льный adj (situated on or outside the dura mater)
Spanish
2 entries- epidural adj (situated on or outside the dura mater)
- epidural noun (anaesthetic)
Swedish
2 entries- epidural noun (anaesthetic)
- epiduralbedövning noun (anaesthetic)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Epidural anesthesia is commonly used for pain relief during childbirth.
Source: wiktionary
For reasons I shan’t bore you with, I got them to induce me at 39 weeks, at 10am, with the epidural going in first, and it was all a dream. Until the baby went back to back and they very nicely pointed out that the epidural doesn’t deal with that pain.
Source: wiktionary
During my third birth, the epidural provided a welcome numbing sensation on one side of my abdomen, but I still had sharp, intense pain on the other. […] I’ve talked to dozens of mom friends over the years. Most say their epidural was like a magic wand that eliminated their pain in minutes. Some recalled napping or watching a movie through most of labor.
Source: wiktionary
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