Usually means: Numbing specific body parts temporarily.
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  1. regional anesthesia: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  4. Regional anesthesia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. regional anesthesia: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. regional anesthesia: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
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Definitions from WordNet (regional anesthesia)

noun:  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)


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