segmental anesthesia

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Loss of sensation limited to an area supplied by one or more spinal nerve roots.

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A procedure to reopen his urinary tract could have been done under local anesthesia.
Ayatollah Khamenei’s Cancer Scare|IranWire|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He has had operations on both knees, and they had to put him under anesthesia to clean a long gash in his left thigh.
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The story of a wayward anesthesia trainee who took a near fatal dose of fentanyl hit the news this week.
The Secret World of Drug-Addict Doctors|Kent Sepkowitz|April 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Someof the injured were being detained right after they awoke from anesthesia.
Ukraine’s Mother Teresa Of The Maidan|Anna Nemtsova|February 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

"I told him that the sleep you get with anesthesia is not real sleep, not restful sleep," Quinn testified.
Up to Speed: 5 Key Moments From the Michael Jackson AEG Trial|Christine Pelisek|September 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Then the helmet fits on that with segmental neck rings and screws hard down with a quarter turn to a catch.
Where the Pavement Ends|John Russell
The three doorways have stilted segmental arches moulded with rounds, and their hood-moulds are continuous.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon|Cecil Walter Charles Hallett
The northern arch springs from a higher level, and is less richly decorated than the other, and its form is almost segmental.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon|Cecil Walter Charles Hallett
There was enough whiskey in the place to provide the new specimen with a near-total anesthesia.
Highways in Hiding|George Oliver Smith
Whether the external opening of the first segmental organ (Oviduct) is retained or not is doubtful.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1|Francis Maitland Balfour