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🗺️ To divide by area 💉 To limit to area
to regionalize

to regionalize

7.9
To give medical treatment or anesthesia to one part of the body
  • verb
  • /ˈriːdʒənəˌlaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : regionalizar
  • The doctor decided to regionalize the anesthesia to avoid affecting the patient's entire body.

Examples

  • Modern techniques allow surgeons to regionalize pain management for certain procedures.

  • By choosing to regionalize the treatment, the medical team minimized side effects.

  • The doctor decided to regionalize the anesthesia for the surgery.

  • She regionalized the treatment to minimize side effects.

  • The doctor decided to regionalize the anesthesia to avoid affecting the patient's entire body.

  • Modern techniques allow surgeons to regionalize pain management for certain procedures.

  • By choosing to regionalize the treatment, the medical team minimized side effects.

Synonyms

to localize
vsto regionalize
  • US
23 4.8

To keep something within one area so it does not spread

is used specifically to limit treatment or anesthesia to part of the body

How Local

to regionalize
  • Specialized
7.9
to anesthetise
  • Specialized
6.1

Surface Forms

regionalize infinitive
regionalized past
regionalized past participle
regionalizing present participle
regionalizes third person singular

Morphology

regionalize = regional (transparent) = region + al + ize

The medical sense is formed by adding '-ize' to 'regional' to mean 'apply to a specific region of the body', a directly predictable extension.

Etymology

Regionalize comes from region ('area') and the ending -ize ('to make'). In medicine, to regionalize treatment is to 'make' the care limited to one area of the body, for example using regional anesthesia to numb a specific part rather than the whole body.