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Local Anesthesia

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction)

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Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
local anaesthesia
plural
Local Anesthesias
possessive
Local Anesthesia's
pluralpossessive
Local Anesthesias'