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local anesthesia

n.

Anesthesia characterized by the loss of sensation only in the area of the body where an anesthetic drug is applied or injected.

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local anesthesia - loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction)

local anaesthesia

anaesthesia, anesthesia - loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness

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Therefore, the polyps were removed endoscopically under local anesthesia.

Sphenochoanal polyp presenting with concomitant nasal polyps by Saleh, Hesham A. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Many more procedures are done on an outpatient basis with local anesthesia, and when hospital stays are necessary they are shorter.

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Then he gave him local anesthesia on his head, an approach often used when doing face lifts.

AREA MAN STAYS AWAKE FOR SCALP SURGERY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

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