epidural
Americanadjective
noun
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epidurals
plural
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of epidural
1880–85; < epi- + dur(a mater) + -al 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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There was the bill for the OB-GYN who helped deliver my baby and the anesthesiologist who gave me my epidural.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2026
Since I did not have an epidural with my first labor, I opted not to get an epidural.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2026
A shortage of epidural kits in the UK is expected to last until at least March, the government's medicines regulator has warned.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2025
One Japanese mother, who didn’t want to be named, said she was scolded by her husband for considering an epidural when their baby was almost due in 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
McVay has said that Stafford received an epidural injection a few weeks ago, but on Tuesday he declined to specify if he had received another.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2025
"In clinical practice, epidurals are given in carefully controlled doses because blocking sensory nerves completely can make labor much longer," notes Zhang.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 2026
Outside of Tokyo and other big cities, access to epidurals is hampered by a lack of anesthesiologists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
Some patients also benefit from medical technology like epidurals, and a minority benefit from surgeons, “which is what obstetricians are.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2023
Evidence suggests fewer epidurals might mean fewer births using instruments like forceps and ventouse vacuum suction, says NICE.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2023
But before her hotly anticipated next special comes out in 2018, several comics are turning diapers and epidurals into blunt, confessional comedy.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2017
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