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
Broader: 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) | Unrelated: gryllidae: crickets
Broader: 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) | Unrelated: hylidae: the amphibian family of tree frogs
Broader: 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) | Unrelated: kilowatt hour: a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000 watts operating for one hour
Broader: 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) | Unrelated: hardness: a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering
Broader: 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) | Unrelated: kabbalism: adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation
Broader: 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) | Unrelated: nylon: a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers
Broader: 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) | Unrelated: hindgut: the caudal part of the alimentary canal in vertebrate embryos
Broader: 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) | Unrelated: phlebotomus: small bloodsucking sand flies that resemble moths
Broader: 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) | Unrelated: seventh: the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it