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Definition of Local anaesthetic
1. Noun. Anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body.
Generic synonyms: Anaesthetic, Anaesthetic Agent, Anesthetic, Anesthetic Agent
Specialized synonyms: Anesthyl, Antipruritic, Benzocaine, Ethyl Aminobenzoate, Butacaine, Butacaine Sulfate, Ethyl Chloride, Lidocaine, Xylocaine, Ethocaine, Procaine, Tetracaine
Definition of Local anaesthetic
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of local anesthetic) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Local anaesthetic
1. The use of a local anaesthetic (usually injected into the tissue) results in a small region of anaesthesia (numbness). Lidocaine (Xylocaine) or (Marcaine) are commonly used. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Local Anaesthetic
Literary usage of Local anaesthetic
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.) (1899)
"Bloodlessness as a local anaesthetic.—KOFFMANN (Cent. fur. Chir., 1898, No.
40) calls attention to the fact that bloodlessness as produced by the elastic ..."
2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1898)
"But in order to understand the origin of these it will be necessary to deal with
the relation between chemical constitution and local anaesthetic action. ..."
3. American Journal of Dental Science by American Society of Dental Surgeons (1891)
"A local anaesthetic FORMULA.—An Exchange says: Local anaesthesia is produced at
one of the leading hospitals by means of a spray composed of 1o parts of ..."
4. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1889)
"proposes the employment of cocaine as a local anaesthetic. The tunica vaginalis
testis is punctured and its serous contents evacuated. ..."
5. The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English: Or, Medicine by Ray Vaughn Pierce (1918)
"local anaesthetic. In bed three days. No pain, vomiting or fever. First dressing
on fifth day. Wounds healed weLL Discharged in SO days. Result, cured. ..."
6. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1874)
"... found its local anaesthetic influence was sn marked that defecation could be
accomplished without consciousness on the part of the patient; ..."
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