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(LOW-cul ann-es-THEE-zee-ah) Absence of sensation induced by drugs. The patient is awake but has no sensation in the area of surgery.
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| local anesthesia |
anesthetic medicine injected into the site of the operation to temporarily numb that area.
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| local anesthesia |
elimination of sensations, especially pain, in one part of the body by the topical application or regional injection of an anesthetic drug.
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| local anesthesia |
Local loss of sensation in the surgical field. For the eye, this means that the local sensation of pain on the operated eye is eliminated while the patient remains fully conscious. The effect is usually attained with eye drops.
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