"local anesthetic" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1929, Ernest Hemingway, chapter 15, in A Farewell to Arms",
          "text": "He used a local anaesthetic called something or other \"snow,\" which froze the tissue and avoided pain until the probe, the scalpel or the forceps got below the frozen portion.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "general anesthetic"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "local anaesthetic"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "uncountable"
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      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "júbù mázuì",
          "sense": "substance",
          "word": "局部麻醉"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bùwèi mázuì",
          "sense": "substance",
          "word": "部位麻醉"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "júmá",
          "sense": "substance",
          "word": "局麻"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "substance",
          "word": "paikallispuudutusaine"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "substance",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "topics": [
            "technical",
            "engineering",
            "physical-sciences",
            "natural-sciences"
          ],
          "word": "Lokalanästhetikum"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "substance",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "lokales Betäubungsmittel"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "substance",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Betäubungsmittel"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "substance",
          "word": "érzéstelenítő"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "substance",
          "word": "érzéstelenítő szer"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "yā mưn",
          "sense": "substance",
          "word": "ຢາມຶນ"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "substance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "anestesia local"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mestnyj anestetik",
          "sense": "substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "местный анестетик"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "substance",
          "word": "lokálne anestetikum"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "substance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "anestésico local"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "substance",
          "word": "pampamanhid"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "yaa-chaa",
          "sense": "substance",
          "word": "ยาชา"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "local anesthetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "local anesthetic"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "local anesthetics",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "general anesthetic"
    }
  ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1929, Ernest Hemingway, chapter 15, in A Farewell to Arms",
          "text": "He used a local anaesthetic called something or other \"snow,\" which froze the tissue and avoided pain until the probe, the scalpel or the forceps got below the frozen portion.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied."
      ],
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        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ]
      ],
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        "(medicine) An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
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      "wikipedia": [
        "local anesthetic"
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "local anaesthetic"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "júbù mázuì",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "局部麻醉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùwèi mázuì",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "部位麻醉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "júmá",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "局麻"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "paikallispuudutusaine"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "technical",
        "engineering",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "Lokalanästhetikum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lokales Betäubungsmittel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Betäubungsmittel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "érzéstelenítő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "érzéstelenítő szer"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "yā mưn",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "ຢາມຶນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "anestesia local"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mestnyj anestetik",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "местный анестетик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "lokálne anestetikum"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anestésico local"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "pampamanhid"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "yaa-chaa",
      "sense": "substance",
      "word": "ยาชา"
    }
  ],
  "word": "local anesthetic"
}