Term: paracervical block: regional anesthesia resulting from the injection of a local anesthetic on each side of the cervix; used during labor and childbirth
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: nit: a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source → 0
Candidate hypernym: lieutenant commander: a commissioned officer in the Navy ranking above a lieutenant and below a commander → 0
Candidate hypernym: slender wheatgrass: North American grass cultivated in western United States as excellent forage crop → 0
Candidate hypernym: teriyaki: beef or chicken or seafood marinated in spicy soy sauce and grilled or broiled → 0
Candidate hypernym: sulphur mine: a mine where sulphur is dug from the ground → 0
Candidate hypernym: mental reservation: an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly → 0
Candidate hypernym: planula: the flat ciliated free-swimming larva of hydrozoan coelenterates → 0
Candidate hypernym: pot: a container in which plants are cultivated → 0
Candidate hypernym: corps: an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support → 0
Candidate hypernym: stick figure: drawing of a human or animal that represents the head by a circle and the rest of the body by straight lines → 0