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anaesthesia vs regional anaesthesia

regional anaesthesia vs anaesthesia

anaesthesia and regional anaesthesia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
anaesthesia Yes No No No
regional anaesthesia Yes No No No
As nouns, regional anaesthesia is a hyponym of anaesthesia; that is, regional anaesthesia is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than anaesthesia:
  • anaesthesia: loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness
  • regional anaesthesia: loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region (as when an epidural anesthetic is administered to the pelvic region during childbirth)
anaesthesia (noun) regional anaesthesia (noun)
loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region (as when an epidural anesthetic is administered to the pelvic region during childbirth)
Difference between anaesthesia and regional anaesthesia

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