epidural injection
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- noun
- /ˌɛpɪˈdʊrəl ɪnˈdʒɛkʃən/
- Specialized
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inyección epidural
- The patient was relieved of pain after 10 minutes of the epidural injection.
Examples
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"Many patients were subject to numerous MRI scans, had multiple epidural injections, and were unfortunately subjected to repeat back surgery as they continued to complain of their leg pain, the source of which was hip pathology."
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The doctor recommended an epidural injection to reduce pain during childbirth.
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In March 2002, a prescribing doctor reported to the FDA that as many as five patients became ill following an epidural injection.
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On Sept. 7, 2006, coroner's records show that Blunt went to Vu's clinic to receive an epidural injection of an unspecified medication for her pain.
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After her back surgery, she received an epidural injection to manage the postoperative pain.
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An epidural injection can help numbing the lower body during certain medical procedures.
Synonyms
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3.0
A liquid medicine put into the body with a needle
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An injection of pain medicine near the spine to numb the lower body during childbirth or surgery
A way to stop pain in the lower body by putting medicine near the spine, often used during childbirth
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward noun–noun combination: 'epidural' names a specific regional anesthesia given near the spine and 'injection' denotes administering medicine with a needle, so a learner who knows both constituents will infer it is an injection of epidural anesthesia (as used in labor/surgery). This compositional structure follows normal English noun compounding and is therefore immediately understandable to someone who knows the component words.
Etymology
Epidural injection is a medical phrase for an injection, a shot given just outside the tough covering of the spine called the epidural. The shot uses pain medicine to make the lower body numb, so it is used to 'cause loss of feeling' during childbirth or surgery.