local anesthesia
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈloʊkəl əˈnɛsθəziə/
- Specialized
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anestesia local
- Before starting the dental filling, the dentist applied local anesthesia to numb the area.
- performed under local anesthesia
- local anesthesia and sedation
- biopsy under local anesthesia
Examples
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With the patient under local anesthesia, an incisional biopsy was performed.
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The patient was taken to the operating room, and under local anesthesia, the incision was opened.
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Are you nervous about the operation, about the local anesthesia?
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The next thing I'm gonna do is I want to give you some local anesthesia.
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The entire procedure is performed under local anesthesia and is repeated in 4 to 6 weeks as necessary.
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All operations were performed under local anesthesia on an outpatient basis.
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A biopsy of the mass was done with local anesthesia.
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Because he was a high-risk cardiac patient, the procedure was performed under local anesthesia.
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An excisional biopsy under local anesthesia was performed in the clinic.
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At subsequent follow-ups, the patient underwent four additional surgical corrections under local anesthesia for excision of the remaining nevus.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
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4.5
Treatment that makes part or all of the body stop feeling pain, sometimes making you sleep
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3.9
Medicine that makes a small body area lose feeling to stop pain during a medical procedure
A way to numb one body part by injecting medicine near a nerve
A way to make part of the body numb by putting medicine near a nerve
Temporary numbness in a small area when someone puts numbing medicine on the skin or in the mouth
Numbs a part of the body so you do not feel pain during surgery
Antonyms
- Specialized
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3.9
A medicine that makes someone completely unconscious so they do not feel pain during major surgery
How Numbing
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- Specialized
- Specialized
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- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'local' (restricted to a specific area) + 'anesthesia' (loss of sensation) yields 'loss of sensation in a specific area'. This is a transparent medical collocation with clear cross‑linguistic parallels, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would understand it.
Etymology
Local anesthesia is a clear image: local means in one place and anesthesia means 'no feeling', so imagine turning off feeling in just one small part of the body while the rest stays normal. That's why it means loss of sensation only in the treated area.