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caudal anesthesia

–noun Medicine/Medical.
anesthesia below the pelvis, induced by injecting an anesthetic into the sacral portion of the spinal canal.
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Main Entry: caudal anesthesia
Function: noun
: loss of pain sensation below the navel produced by injection of an anesthetic into the caudal portion of the vertebralcanal called also caudal analgesia
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caudal anesthesia n.
Regional anesthesia by injection of a local anesthetic into the epidural space via the sacral hiatus.

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