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anaesthesia vs regional anesthesia

regional anesthesia vs anaesthesia

anaesthesia and regional anesthesia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
anaesthesia Yes No No No
regional anesthesia Yes No No No
As nouns, regional anesthesia is a hyponym of anaesthesia; that is, regional anesthesia is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than anaesthesia:
  • anaesthesia: loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness
  • regional anesthesia: 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 anesthesia (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 anesthesia

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