Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun local_anesthesia

1 sense of local anesthesia

Sense 1
local anesthesia, local anaesthesia -- (loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction))
       => anesthesia, anaesthesia -- (loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness)