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epidural anesthesia vs regional anesthesia

regional anesthesia vs epidural anesthesia

epidural anesthesia and regional anesthesia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
epidural anesthesia Yes No No No
regional anesthesia Yes No No No
As nouns, regional anesthesia is a hypernym of epidural anesthesia; that is, regional anesthesia is a word with a broader meaning than epidural anesthesia:
  • epidural anesthesia: 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 anesthesia include regional anaesthesia.
epidural anesthesia (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 anesthesia and regional anesthesia

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