spinal anesthetic
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- noun
- /ˈspaɪnəl ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk/
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anestésico espinal
- During the procedure, the nurse prepared a spinal anesthetic to ensure the patient would not feel any pain.
Examples
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For the surgery on her leg, the doctor recommended a spinal anesthetic for optimal pain management.
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Your doctor may administer general anesthesia to put you to sleep, or you might have a spinal anesthetic.
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The surgeon explained that they would use a spinal anesthetic to numb the patient's lower body during the operation.
Synonyms
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A drug that makes part of the body stop feeling pain during medical treatment
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An injection in the lower back that makes the lower body numb for surgery
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A drug that temporarily makes part of the body feel no pain during medical treatment
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: 'spinal' (relating to the spine or spinal cord) + 'anesthetic' (a numbing agent), so the meaning 'an anesthetic for the spinal area' is directly derivable. Although it's a medical term, the compositional logic follows standard patterns and would be understandable to a B1 learner who already knows both constituents.
Etymology
The noun spinal anesthetic comes from the simple image of medicine put next to the spine. The part anesthetic means a medicine that stops feeling, so a spinal anesthetic makes the lower body 'numb'.