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From epi- +‎ dural.

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.

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.

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From epi- +‎ dural.

epidural m or f (masculine and feminine plural epidurals)

  1. epidural

epidural f (plural epidurals)

  1. epidural

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

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

epidural f (plural epidurales)

  1. epidural

epidural m or f (masculine and feminine plural epidurales)

  1. epidural