English noun: spinal anaesthesia | |||
1. | spinal anaesthesia (state) 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 | ||
Synonyms | spinal, spinal anesthesia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | regional anaesthesia, regional anesthesia | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | saddle block anaesthesia, saddle block anesthesia | ||