| spinal anaesthesia 
 
 anesthesia of the lower half of the body;
 caused by injury to the spinal cord or by injecting an anesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane that surrounds the spinal cord
 • Syn:
 spinal anesthesia, spinal
 • Hypernyms:
 regional anesthesia, regional anaesthesia
 • Hyponyms:
 saddle block anesthesia, saddle block anaesthesia
 
 
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