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epidurals

epidurals is the plural of epidural.

Meaning of epidural

Noun

epidural (plural epidurals)

  1. An injection of anaesthetic into the epidural space of the spine, especially associated with pain relief during childbirth.
    • For reasons I shan’t bore you with, I got them to induce me at 39 weeks, at 10am, with the epidural going in first, and it was all a dream. Until the baby went back to back and they very nicely pointed out that the epidural doesn’t deal with that pain.2014 December 5, Marina Hyde, “Childbirth is as awful as it is magical, thanks to our postnatal ‘care’”, in The Guardian

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Questions about epidurals

What is epidurals the plural of?
Epidurals is the plural of epidural.

Words near epidurals in the dictionary

  1. epidoxorubicin
  2. epidrug
  3. epidrugs
  4. epidural
  5. epidurally
  6. epidurals
  7. epidurographies
  8. epidurography
  9. epiduroscopy
  10. epidydimal
  11. epieikeia

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