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epidural anaesthesia vs regional anesthesia

regional anesthesia vs epidural anaesthesia

epidural anaesthesia and regional anesthesia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
epidural anaesthesia Yes No No No
regional anesthesia Yes No No No
As nouns, regional anesthesia is a hypernym of epidural anaesthesia; that is, regional anesthesia is a word with a broader meaning than epidural anaesthesia:
  • epidural anaesthesia: regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord; sensation is lost in the abdominal and genital and pelvic areas; used in childbirth and gynecological surgery
  • 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)
Other hypernyms of epidural anaesthesia include regional anaesthesia.
epidural anaesthesia (noun) regional anesthesia (noun)
regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord; sensation is lost in the abdominal and genital and pelvic areas; used in childbirth and gynecological surgery 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 epidural anaesthesia and regional anesthesia

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