epidural

From epi- +‎ dural.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɛp.ɪˈdjʊə.ɹəl/, /ɛp.ɪˈdjɔː.ɹəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɛp.əˈd(j)ʊɹ.əl/

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• Rhymes: -ʊəɹəl

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.

• epidurally
• epiduro-
• nonepidural

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:

     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.

• “epidural”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “epidural”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• preludia

From epi- +‎ dural.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.pi.ðuˈɾal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [e.pi.ðuˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: e‧pi‧du‧ral

epidural m or f (masculine and feminine plural epidurals)

1. epidural

epidural f (plural epidurals)

1. epidural

• “epidural” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “epidural” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

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

• “epidural”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014