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local anesthetic

local anesthetic noun: an anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied.

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

local anesthetic meaning in Tagalog and Thai

local anesthetic in Tagalog

substance
pampamanhid

local anesthetic in Thai

substance
ยาชา yaa-chaa

Forms of local anesthetic

plurallocal anesthetics
alternative formlocal anaesthetic

Questions about local anesthetic

What does local anesthetic mean?
Local anesthetic means an anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied.
What is local anesthetic in Tagalog?
Local anesthetic in Tagalog is pampamanhid. See Local anesthetic meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is local anesthetic?
Local anesthetic is a noun.
What is the plural of local anesthetic?
The plural of local anesthetic is local anesthetics.

Words near local anesthetic in the dictionary

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

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