local anesthetic
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local anesthetic
noun local anesthetics · local anaesthetic
- An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied. He used a local anaesthetic called something or other "snow," which froze the tissue and avoided pain until the probe, the scalpel or the forceps got below the frozen portion.
