paracervical block

1. 1.

   regional anesthesia resulting from the injection of a local anesthetic on each side of the cervix; used during labor and childbirth

   Broaderregional anesthesia

Questions about paracervical block

What does paracervical block mean?

paracervical block means "regional anesthesia resulting from the injection of a local anesthetic on each side of the cervix; used during labor and childbirth".

Is paracervical block a common word?

paracervical block 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.