noun Medicine/Medical.
- an arrest of the passage of impulses through a nerve by means of pressure on the nerve or by injection of an anesthetic into or around the nerve.
noun
- induction of anaesthesia in a specific part of the body by injecting a local anaesthetic close to the sensory nerves that supply it
n.
- Interruption of the passage of impulses through a neuron by the injection of alcohol or an anesthetic.