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Definition of Epidural

1. Adjective. On or outside the dura mater.

2. Noun. Regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord; sensation is lost in the abdominal and genital and pelvic areas; used in childbirth and gynecological surgery.

Definition of Epidural

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Situated on or outside the dura mater. ¹

2. Noun. (medicine) An injection of anaesthetic into the epidural space of the spine, especially associated with pain relief during childbirth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Epidural

1. an injection to produce loss of sensation [n -S]

Medical Definition of Epidural

1. Situated within the spinal canal, on or outside the dura mater (tough membrane surrounding the spinal cord), synonyms are extradural and peridural. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epidural

epididymectomy epididymides epididymite epididymitides epididymitis epididymitises epididymo-orchitis epididymoplasty epididymotomy epididymovasectomy

epididymovasostomy epidote epidotes epidotic epidural (current term) epidural abscess epidural anaesthesia epidural anaesthetic epidural anesthesia epidural block

epidural cavity epidural haematoma epidural injection epidural meningitis epidural neoplasms epidural space epidurally epidurals epidurography

Literary usage of Epidural

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"He found that epidural injections were efficacious when the perineural ... He says that the epidural method is not painful and has never caused fever or ..."

2. Diseases of the Ear by Philip D. Kerrison (1921)
"The term extradural, or epidural, abscess is applied to any ... The symptoms of epidural abscess may be nil or so indefinite as to be of little or no ..."

3. Diseases of the Ear: A Text-book for Practitioners and Students of Medicine by Edward Bradford Dench (1909)
"The separation of the epidural abscess cavity from the mastoid wound by means of firm gauze packing should be looked upon as a ..."

4. Textbook of Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1905)
"... and in the intervals between the fibrous processes which pass into the be- there are small lymph spaces (epidural spaces) where the outer surface of th» ..."

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