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epidural

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) epidural (adjective)
  2. 2) epidural (noun)

1epi·du·ral

adj \ˌe-pi-ˈd(y)u̇r-əl\

Definition of EPIDURAL

: situated upon or administered or placed outside the dura mater <epidural anesthesia> <an epidural abscess>

First Known Use of EPIDURAL

1882

Rhymes with EPIDURAL

commissural, extramural, intramural, semirural

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