local anaesthetic
UK (US local anesthetic) noun [C, U]Definition
› a substance that is put into a part of your body so that you do not feel pain there: The procedure is carried out under local anaesthetic.
(Definition of local anaesthetic noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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