nerve block

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nerve′ block′, [Med.]

1. Medicine 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.

• 1920–25

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

nerve block noun

1. induction of anaesthesia in a specific part of the body by injecting a local anaesthetic close to the sensory nerves that supply it