TOPICAL ANESTHESIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does topical anesthesia mean? 

• TOPICAL ANESTHESIA (noun)
  The noun TOPICAL ANESTHESIA has 1 sense:

1. loss of sensation confined to the skin or mucous surfaces (as when benzocaine or Lidocaine is applied to the surface)

  Familiarity information: TOPICAL ANESTHESIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOPICAL ANESTHESIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Loss of sensation confined to the skin or mucous surfaces (as when benzocaine or Lidocaine is applied to the surface)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

topical anaesthesia; topical anesthesia

Hypernyms ("topical anesthesia" is a kind of...):

anaesthesia; anesthesia (loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness)