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EPIDURAL INJECTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does epidural injection mean?
• EPIDURAL INJECTION (noun)
The noun EPIDURAL INJECTION has 1 sense:
1. injection of an anesthetic substance into the epidural space of the spinal cord in order to produce epidural anesthesia
Familiarity information: EPIDURAL INJECTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Injection of an anesthetic substance into the epidural space of the spinal cord in order to produce epidural anesthesia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("epidural injection" is a kind of...):
injection (the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure)
Context examples
An epidural injection is given into this space.
(Epidural, NCI Dictionary)
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