Term: spinal anesthesia: anesthesia of the lower half of the body; caused by injury to the spinal cord or by injecting an anesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane that surrounds the spinal cord
Candidate hypernym: regional anesthesia: loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region (as when an epidural anesthetic is administered to the pelvic region during childbirth) → 1
Candidate hypernym: gryllidae: crickets → 0
Candidate hypernym: hylidae: the amphibian family of tree frogs → 0
Candidate hypernym: kilowatt hour: a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000 watts operating for one hour → 0
Candidate hypernym: hardness: a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering → 0
Candidate hypernym: kabbalism: adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation → 0
Candidate hypernym: nylon: a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers → 0
Candidate hypernym: hindgut: the caudal part of the alimentary canal in vertebrate embryos → 0
Candidate hypernym: phlebotomus: small bloodsucking sand flies that resemble moths → 0
Candidate hypernym: seventh: the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it → 0
Candidate hypernym: copy: material suitable for a journalistic account → 0