nerve block
nounMedicine/Medical.
an arrest of the passage of impulses through a nerve by means of pressure on the nerve or by injection of an anesthetic into or around the nerve.
Origin of nerve block
1First recorded in 1920–25
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British Dictionary definitions for nerve block
nerve block
noun
induction of anaesthesia in a specific part of the body by injecting a local anaesthetic close to the sensory nerves that supply it
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