spinal anesthesia

Noun

1.

spinal anesthesia - anesthesia of the lower half of the body; caused by injury to the spinal cord or by injecting an anesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane that surrounds the spinal cord Synonyms: spinal, spinal anaesthesia

regional anaesthesia, regional anesthesia, saddle block anaesthesia, saddle block anesthesia, spinal, spinal anaesthesia