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ACROANAESTHESIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does acroanaesthesia mean?
• ACROANAESTHESIA (noun)
The noun ACROANAESTHESIA has 1 sense:
1. loss of sensation in the extremities
Familiarity information: ACROANAESTHESIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Loss of sensation in the extremities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
acroanaesthesia; acroanesthesia
Hypernyms ("acroanaesthesia" is a kind of...):
regional anaesthesia; regional anesthesia (loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region (as when an epidural anesthetic is administered to the pelvic region during childbirth))
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