caudal anaesthesia

caudal anaesthesia
noun
regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now largely replaced by epidural anesthesia

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caudal anaesthesia noun
A form of epidural anaesthesia
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Main Entry:caudal

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