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local anesthetics

local anesthetics is the plural 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

Questions about local anesthetics

What is local anesthetics the plural of?
Local anesthetics is the plural of local anesthetic.

Words near local anesthetics in the dictionary

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

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