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caudal anesthesia

caudal anesthesia

8.1
An injection of numbing medicine near the lower spine to make the lower body feel nothing for surgery
  • noun
  • /ˈkɔːdəl ænəsˈθiːziə/
  • Specialized
translation icon : anestesia caudal
  • Some pediatric surgeries use caudal anesthesia because it is both effective and safe for children.

Examples

  • The patient received caudal anesthesia before the lower limb surgery.

  • Compared to epidural anesthesia, caudal anesthesia is now less commonly performed.

  • The doctor administered caudal anesthesia before the surgery.

  • During the procedure, the patient received caudal anesthesia.

  • Before the operation, the anesthesiologist explained that caudal anesthesia would be used to numb the lower half of the patient's body.

  • For surgeries on the lower abdomen, many doctors recommend caudal anesthesia as a reliable option for pain relief.

  • The use of caudal anesthesia is common in procedures involving the lower limbs, ensuring minimal discomfort during surgery.

Synonyms

spinal
vscaudal anesthesia
  • Specialized
2 6.1

An injection into the space near the spine that makes the lower body lose feeling

focuses on the lowest canal segment rather than the whole canal
spinal anesthesia
vscaudal anesthesia
  • Specialized
1 5.5

An injection in the lower back that makes the lower body numb for surgery

targets the very lowest part of the backbone canal rather than the broader area
caudal block
vscaudal anesthesia
  • Specialized
7.1

An injection of pain medicine into the lower part of the spine to numb the lower body for surgery

is the same concept but uses an alternative clinical name

Surface Forms

caudal anesthesia singular
caudal anesthesias plural

Morphology

caudal + anesthesia

The compound directly combines 'caudal' (relating to the tail or lower/rear part) with 'anesthesia' (loss of sensation), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it denotes anesthesia applied to the lower/rear part of the body (a regional spinal-type block). This is a literal, compositional medical term following standard word-formation and cross-linguistic medical naming patterns, making its basic meaning predictable.

Etymology

Caudal anesthesia comes from caudal, a word meaning 'tail' or the lower end of the spine, because the numbing medicine is placed near that lower spine. Anesthesia means 'to stop feeling pain', so the name describes a numbing injection used for operations on the lower part of the body.