caudal anesthesia

1. 1.

   regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now largely replaced by epidural anesthesia

   Synonymscaudal anaesthesiacaudal block

   Broaderregional anesthesia

Questions about caudal anesthesia

What does caudal anesthesia mean?

caudal anesthesia means "regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now largely replaced by epidural anesthesia".

What is another word for caudal anesthesia?

Close synonyms include caudal anaesthesia, caudal block. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.