PUDENDAL BLOCK as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • regional anesthesia resulting from the use of a local anesthetic to deaden the pudendal nerves in the region of the vulva and labia majora
   • used to ease discomfort during childbirth
   Hypernyms(s) pudendal block 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?)