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