local anaesthetic

Questions about local anaesthetic

What does local anaesthetic mean?

local anaesthetic means "anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body".

What is another word for local anaesthetic?

Close synonyms include local anesthetic, local, topical anesthetic, topical anaesthetic. 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.

Is local anaesthetic a common word?

local anaesthetic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.