spinal anaesthesia

noun

1. surgery anaesthesia of the lower half of the body produced by injecting an anaesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane surrounding the spinal cord See also epidural
2. pathol loss of sensation in some part of the body as the result of injury of the spinal cord

Example Sentences

German surgeon August Bier proves the effectiveness of spinal anaesthesia.

From Nature

That would be the same thing as going home: little enough change from spinal anaesthesia in that!

From Project Gutenberg

Perhaps even more wonderful is the newer method of spinal anaesthesia, which we used largely for the difficult abdominal cases.

From Project Gutenberg

Then it occurred to her that the face of a person under spinal anaesthesia might in itself be a reason.

From Project Gutenberg