regional anesthesia

NOUN
19 LETTERS · STARTS WITH R

regional anesthesia is a valid 19-letter word worth 22 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
R1E1G2I1O1N1A1L1A1N1E1S1T1H4E1S1I1A1
1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =22 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 44TRIPLE WORD → 66
MEANING

What does regional anesthesia mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

Loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region (as when an epidural anesthetic is administered to the pelvic region during childbirth).