local anesthetic

An anesthetic that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied. ( Compare general anesthetic .)

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He said that the Islamic court had ordered it, but mercifully allowed him a local anesthetic before.

By using a local anesthetic on the plantar nerves and confining the subject on an operating table, restraint should be perfect.

Apothesine, the hydrochlorid of diethyl-amino-propyl-cinnamate, is an efficient local anesthetic.

One of the claims was that Apothesine is applicable in any case in which any other local anesthetic is used.

The local anesthetic ethyl paraminobenzoate was first introduced as Anesthesin or Ansthesin.

The only local anesthetic that produces edema and sloughing is quinin and urea hydrochlorid.

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