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Definition epidural in British English

epidural noun

[countable] noun
/ˌepɪˈdjʊərəl/
1

a medical treatment in which an anaesthetic (=drug that stops you feeling pain) is put into the lower back, especially of a woman who is giving birth to a baby

Definition epidural in British English