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local anaesthetic

local anaesthetic is the alternative spelling of local anesthetic.

Meaning of local anesthetic

Noun

local anesthetic (countable and uncountable, plural local anesthetics)

  1. An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied.
    • He used a local anaesthetic called something or other "snow," which froze the tissue and avoided pain until the probe, the scalpel or the forceps got below the frozen portion.1929, Ernest Hemingway, chapter 15, in A Farewell to Arms

Forms of local anaesthetic

plurallocal anaesthetics

Questions about local anaesthetic

What is local anaesthetic the alternative spelling of?
Local anaesthetic is the alternative spelling of local anesthetic.

Words near local anaesthetic in the dictionary

  1. loca
  2. Locach
  3. local
  4. local administrative unit
  5. local administrative units
  6. local anaesthetic
  7. local anaesthetics
  8. local anesthetic
  9. local anesthetics
  10. local area network
  11. local area networks

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