EPIDURAL as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord
   • sensation is lost in the abdominal and genital and pelvic areas
   • used in childbirth and gynecological surgery
   Synonym(s)
   • epidural anaesthesia (what does epidural anaesthesia mean?)
   • epidural anesthesia (what does epidural anesthesia mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) epidural is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • regional anesthesia (what does regional anesthesia mean?)
   • regional anaesthesia (what does regional anaesthesia mean?)

EPIDURAL as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • on or outside the dura mater
   Synonym(s)
   • extradural (what does extradural mean?)
   Pertainym(s)
   • dura mater (what does dura mater mean?)
   • dura (what does dura mean?)
   • dura mater (what does dura mater mean?)
   • dura (what does dura mean?)