epidural
See also: épidural
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛp.ɪˈdjʊə.ɹəl/, /ɛp.ɪˈdjɔː.ɹəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɛp.əˈd(j)ʊɹ.əl/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʊəɹəl
Adjective edit
epidural (comparative more epidural, superlative most epidural)
- (anatomy, relational) Situated on or outside the dura mater.
- Synonyms: extradural, peridural
- (medicine, relational) Of or pertaining to the space immediately outside the dura mater.
- Epidural anesthesia is commonly used for pain relief during childbirth.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
situated on or outside the dura mater
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Noun edit
epidural (plural epidurals)
- (medicine) An injection of anaesthetic into the epidural space of the spine, especially associated with pain relief during childbirth.
- 2014 December 5, Marina Hyde, “Childbirth is as awful as it is magical, thanks to our postnatal ‘care’”, in The Guardian[1]:
- For reasons I shan’t bore you with, I got them to induce me at 39 weeks, at 10am, with the epidural going in first, and it was all a dream. Until the baby went back to back and they very nicely pointed out that the epidural doesn’t deal with that pain.
Translations edit
anaesthetic
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References edit
- “epidural”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “epidural”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.pi.ðuˈɾal]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [e.pi.ðuˈɾal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Hyphenation: e‧pi‧du‧ral
Adjective edit
epidural m or f (masculine and feminine plural epidurals)
Noun edit
epidural f (plural epidurals)
Further reading edit
- “epidural” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “epidural” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English epidural, equivalent to epi- + dural.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
epidural f (plural epidurales)
Adjective edit
epidural m or f (masculine and feminine plural epidurales)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “epidural”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014