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Topical anesthesia
01
a type of numbing medicine applied directly to the skin or surface of the body to stop pain in a specific area during a procedure
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
topical anesthesias
Examples
The doctor used topical anesthesia to numb the area before stitching up the wound.
