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spinal anesthesia
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spinal anesthesia [′spīn·əl ‚an·əs′thē·zhə]
(medicine)
Anesthesia due to a lesion of the spinal cord.
Anesthesia produced by the injection of an anesthetic into the spinal subarachnoid space.


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