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local anaesthetic

British  

noun

  1. Often shortened to: localmed a drug that produces local anaesthesia See anaesthesia

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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During the appointment, Sawyer offered to inject up to a litre of filler, provided prescription-only medicines without a prescription being issued and suggested administering local anaesthetic without a prescriber present.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

Despite the local anaesthetic, she said she could "feel everything".

From BBC Sep. 17, 2025

He often works while under fire, in trenches or makeshift outdoor clinics, and sometimes without local anaesthetic.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2025

Non-surgical BBLs can be done using local anaesthetic and generally take place in a clinic room - rather than a sterile operating theatre.

From BBC Sep. 27, 2024

He used a local anaesthetic called something or other “snow,” which froze the tissue and avoided pain until the probe, the scalpel or the forceps got below the frozen portion.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

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