EPIDURAL
- an injection to produce loss of sensation [n EPIDURALS]
- an anaesthetic injected into the lower spinal canal [n -S]
- situated on or outside the dura mater
- anesthesia produced by the injection of an anesthetic into the lumbar area of the spine in the space between the spinal cord and the dura, which eliminates sensation from the point of insertion downward, used esp. in childbirth