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nerve block

noun

Medicine/Medical.
  1. 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.

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nerve block1

First recorded in 1920–25

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nervenerve cell

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