epidural

See also: épidural

English

Etymology

From epi- +‎ dural.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɛp.ɪˈdjʊə.ɹəl/, /ɛp.ɪˈdjɔː.ɹəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɛp.əˈd(j)ʊɹ.əl/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʊəɹəl

Adjective

epidural (comparative more epidural, superlative most epidural)

1. (anatomy, relational) Situated on or outside the dura mater.

   Synonyms: extradural, peridural

2. (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

• epidurally
• epiduro-
• nonepidural

Translations

situated on or outside the dura mater

• Catalan: epidural (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 硬腦膜上／硬脑膜上 (yìngnǎomóshàng); 硬腦膜外／硬脑膜外 (yìngnǎomówài)

• Czech: epidurální
• Finnish: epiduraalinen
• Spanish: epidural (es)

Noun

epidural (plural epidurals)

1. (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

anaesthetic

• Catalan: epidural (ca) f
• Finnish: epiduraalipuudutus (fi)
• French: péridurale (fr) f, épidurale (fr) f
• Spanish: epidural (es) f
• Swedish: epiduralbedövning c, epidural c

References

• “epidural”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “epidural”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• preludia

Catalan

Etymology

From epi- +‎ dural.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.pi.ðuˈɾal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [e.pi.ðuˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: e‧pi‧du‧ral

Adjective

epidural m or f (masculine and feminine plural epidurals)

1. epidural

Noun

epidural f (plural epidurals)

1. epidural

Further reading

• “epidural” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “epidural” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English epidural, equivalent to epi- +‎ dural.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /epiduˈɾal/ [e.pi.ð̞uˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: e‧pi‧du‧ral

Noun

epidural f (plural epidurales)

1. epidural

Adjective

epidural m or f (masculine and feminine plural epidurales)

1. epidural

Related terms

• subdural

 

Further reading

• “epidural”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16