local anesthetic
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- noun
- /ˈloʊkəl əˈnɛsθɛtɪk/
- Specialized
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anestésico local
- A veterinarian can take a sample of the tissue with only a local anesthetic.
- local anesthetic injection
- use of a local anesthetic
Now there is one drug that can stop pain signals before the brain ever perceives them, local anesthetics.
- Now there is one drug that can stop pain signals before the brain ever perceives them, local anesthetics.
Examples
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Before the dental procedure, the dentist applied a local anesthetic to numb the area and prevent pain.
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As such, patients who underwent procedures in the minor procedure room under local anesthetic alone through same-day surgery were not included.
Academic text (2015) -
It's just a local anesthetic.
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The lump was nothing at all; they removed it under local anesthetic.
Fiction book (1995) -
All right, I'm gonna give him a local anesthetic so I can clean up the wound.
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I've given him a local anesthetic.
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They gave me a local anesthetic, so I could hear everything that was going on.
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A local anesthetic numbs the procedure site.
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Doctor Brownstein cleansed the area, applied a light local anesthetic, and selected the knife.
Fiction book (1994) -
What I'm gonna do is I'm gonna give you a local anesthetic... and I'm going to remove a little bone marrow from your hip.
Synonyms
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A drug that makes part of the body stop feeling pain during medical treatment
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A medicine that numbs a small area of skin or mouth
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A loss of feeling in a small part of the body after medicine numbs it
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A medicine put on the skin or mouth to make one area numb
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A drug or injection that makes one part of the body numb
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A drug that temporarily makes part of the body feel no pain during medical treatment
A cold spray used to numb a small area of skin before a minor medical procedure
Antonyms
- Specialized
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A drug that puts you to sleep and stops you feeling pain during an operation
How Numbing
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a drug that causes loss of sensation in a specific area' is directly and compositionally derived from 'local' (restricted to a specific area) + 'anesthetic' (an agent that numbs sensation). This straightforward, literal noun–noun combination is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the term.
Etymology
Local anesthetic combines two clear ideas: local ('in one small place') and anesthetic ('without feeling'). Imagine a small numb 'blanket' or a switch that turns off feeling in your tooth or hand so you don't feel pain during a short medical treatment, and that's why the name means a drug that makes one spot stop feeling.