local anaesthesia

anesthesia confined to a particular place on the body

Local anesthesia is any technique to render part of the body insensitive to pain without affecting consciousness.Local anesthesia, in a strict sense, is anesthesia of a small part of the body such as a tooth or an area of skin. Regional anesthesia is aimed at anesthetizing a larger part of the body such as a leg or arm.Conduction anesthesia is a comprehensive term which encompasses a great variety of local and regional anesthetic techniques.
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Local or regional anesthesia involves the injection or application of an anesthetic drug to a specific area of the [more]Local anaesthesia - Community and Resources

Noun
1. loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction)
(synonym) local anesthesia
(hypernym) anesthesia, anaesthesia

ANESTESIA LOCALE