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Noun: block anaesthesia
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: block anesthesia)
  1. Anaesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve; produced by an anaesthetic agent applied to the nerve
    "The surgeon used nerve block anaesthesia to numb the entire arm for the procedure"; "The surgeon used nerve block anaesthesia to numb the entire arm for the procedure";
    - conduction anesthesia [N. Amer], conduction anaesthesia [Brit, Cdn], nerve block anesthesia [N. Amer], nerve block anaesthesia [Brit, Cdn], block anesthesia [N. Amer]

Type of: anaesthesia [Brit, Cdn], anesthesia [N. Amer]