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regional anesthesia vs anaesthesia

anaesthesia vs regional anesthesia

regional anesthesia and anaesthesia both are nouns.

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

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