1. Loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction)
   - local anaesthesia [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: anaesthesia [Brit, Cdn], anesthesia [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Local anesthesia

• Henry Spencer Moore
• Henry Steinway
• Henry Sweet
• Henry the Great
• Henry Tudor
• Henry V
• Henry Valentine Miller
• Henry VI
• Henry VII
• Henry VIII
• Henry Villard
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Henry Ward Beecher
• Henry Watson Fowler
• Henry Wheeler Shaw
• Henry's law
• Henson
• hent
• Hentai
• hep
• hepadnavirus
• heparin
• hepatic
• hepatic artery
• hepatic coma