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regional anesthesia vs anesthesia

anesthesia vs regional anesthesia

regional anesthesia and anesthesia both are nouns.

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

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