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regional anaesthesia vs anesthesia

anesthesia vs regional anaesthesia

regional anaesthesia and anesthesia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
regional anaesthesia Yes No No No
anesthesia Yes No No No
As nouns, anesthesia is a hypernym of regional anaesthesia; that is, anesthesia is a word with a broader meaning than regional anaesthesia:
  • 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)
  • anesthesia: loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness
Other hypernyms of regional anaesthesia include anaesthesia.
regional anaesthesia (noun) anesthesia (noun)
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) loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness
Difference between regional anaesthesia and anesthesia

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