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Noun: local anesthesia
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: local anaesthesia)
  1. Loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction)
    "The dentist applied local anesthesia before beginning the root canal";
    - local anaesthesia [Brit, Cdn]

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

Encyclopedia: Local anesthesia