Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord;
sensation is lost in the abdominal and genital and pelvic areas;
used in childbirth and gynecological surgery;
[syn: epidural anesthesia, epidural anaesthesia, epidural]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
epidural anesthesia
n 1: regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an
anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord;
sensation is lost in the abdominal and genital and pelvic
areas; used in childbirth and gynecological surgery [syn:
epidural anesthesia, epidural anaesthesia, epidural]