epidural

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɛp.ɪˈdjʊə.ɹəl/|/ɛp.ɪˈdjɔː.ɹəl/    美 /ɛp.əˈd(j)ʊɹ.əl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An injection of anaesthetic into the epidural space of the spine, especially associated with pain relief during childbirth.
    — 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.
形容词 adj.
  1. Situated on or outside the dura mater. relational
  2. Of or pertaining to the space immediately outside the dura mater. relational
    — Epidural anesthesia is commonly used for pain relief during childbirth.

词形变化

more epidural comparative most epidural superlative epidurals plural

词汇关系

衍生词
epidurally epiduro- nonepidural postepidural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi
Proto-Hellenic *epí
Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí)
Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-)der.
English epi-
English dura
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English dural
English epidural
From epi- + dural.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi
Proto-Hellenic *epí
Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí)
Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-)der.
English epi-
English dura
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English dural
English epidural
From epi- + dural.
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