be given a local anaesthetic

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• anaesthetic — (BrE) (AmE anesthetic) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ general, local VERB + ANAESTHETIC/ANESTHETIC ▪ administer, give sb, inject ▪ He was given a …   Collocations dictionary

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• local — [[t]lo͟ʊk(ə)l[/t]] ♦ locals 1) ADJ: ADJ n Local means existing in or belonging to the area where you live, or to the area that you are talking about. We d better check on the match in the local paper... Some local residents joined the students… …   English dictionary

• ˌlocal ˌanaesˈthetic — noun [C/U] a drug which is given to you to stop you feeling pain in one part of your body See: general anaesthetic …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

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