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