| PAD | pain and distress; patient surface axis depth; percutaneous abscess drainage; percutaneous automated... |
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| PMD | Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease; posterior mandibular depth; primary myocardial disease; private medici... |
| SDEEG | sterotactic depth electroencephalography |
| STANDOUT | soft thresholding and depth cueing of unspecified techniques |
| TDS | temperature, depth, salinity; thiamine disulfide; transduodenal sphincteroplasty |
| local anaesthetic | The use of a local anaesthetic (usually injected into the tissue) results in a small region of anaesthesia (numbness). Lidocaine (Xylocaine) or (Marcaine) are commonly used. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| local anaesthetic reaction | A toxic reaction due to absorption of local anaesthetic drug during regional anaesthesia, ranging from drowsiness to convulsions and cardiovascular collapse. (05 Mar 2000) |