Definition of "epidural"

epidural

/ɛp.ɪˈdjʊə.ɹəl/

adjective
comparative more epidural, superlative most epidural
1. (anatomy, relational) Situated on or outside the dura mater.
2. (medicine, relational) Of or pertaining to the space immediately outside the dura mater.
noun
plural epidurals
1. (medicine) An injection of anaesthetic into the epidural space of the spine, especially associated with pain relief during childbirth.
  Quotations
  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.
  2014 December 5, Marina Hyde, “Childbirth is as awful as it is magical, thanks to our postnatal ‘care’”, in The Guardian‎