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Noun: caudal anesthesia  'ko-d(u)l ,a-nis'thee-zhu
  1. Regional anaesthesia resulting from injection of an anaesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now largely replaced by epidural anaesthesia
    - caudal anaesthesia, caudal block

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

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