Meanings
plural local anesthetics · alternative local anaesthetic
- countableuncountablemedicineAn anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied.
He used a local anaesthetic called something or other "snow," which froze the tissue and avoided pain until the probe, the scalpel or the forceps got below the frozen portion.
1929, Ernest Hemingway, chapter 15, in A Farewell to Arms
Synonyms & antonyms
nounanesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 局部麻醉, 部位麻醉
- 局部麻醉 (júbù mázuì)substance
- 部位麻醉 (bùwèi mázuì)substance
- 局麻 (júmá)substance
Finnish paikallispuudutusaine
- paikallispuudutusainesubstance
German Lokalanästhetikum, lokales Betäubungsmittel
- Lokalanästhetikumsubstance
- lokales Betäubungsmittelsubstance
- Betäubungsmittelsubstance
Hungarian érzéstelenítő, érzéstelenítő szer
- érzéstelenítősubstance
- érzéstelenítő szersubstance
Portuguese anestesia local
- anestesia localsubstance
Russian местный анестетик
- местный анестетик (mestnyj anestetik)substance
Slovak lokálne anestetikum
- lokálne anestetikumsubstance
Spanish anestésico local, anestesia local
- anestésico localsubstance
- anestesia localsubstance
Tagalog pampamanhid
- pampamanhidsubstance
Thai ยาชา
- ยาชา (yaa-chaa)substance
Cite this entry
local anesthetic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/local%20anesthetic
“local anesthetic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/local%20anesthetic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “local anesthetic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/local%20anesthetic.
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