Definitions for "Epidural"
An anesthetic technique that is performed by injecting medication into the epidural space in the back, eliminating the sensation of pain from the waist down.
An epidural is anesthesia used to decrease or eliminate pain during labor which is administered using a small needle and sometimes a catheter , into a woman's lower back. Also referred to as an ‘epidural block'.
Injection of a local anaesthetic (drug that prevents the sensation of pain) into the middle/lower back of a woman before she gives birth. The drug prevents the woman feeling pain from the chest level downwards.
Keywords:  peridural
Cf. Peridural.
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Osteoarthritis Vestibular
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Osteoporosis Walkers
Keywords:  necrosis, tomography
Necrosis Tomography
Keywords:  outpatients
Outpatients
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Niacin Uterus
a small tube placed in your back by the anesthesiologist
Outside the brain and its fibrous covering, but under the skull.
a commonly-performed and generally safe procedure
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a better option
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a specific type of nerve block