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The selective use of a local anesthetic injection or application of a topical anesthetic to identify a pain source.  

Any analgesic that blocks or prohibits sensory perception.  

Absence of sensibility to pain, designating particularly the relief of pain without loss of consciousness. Term describing relief, reduction or suppression of pain. Absence of appreciation of painful sensations. Absence of sensitivity to pain, while remaining conscious, due to nerve damage (as in leprosy), hypnosis, acupuncture, the use of pain-relieving drugs (analgesics), or anything that…

Used in reference to microorganisms that can survive and grow in the absence of molecular oxygen. Growing, living, or occurring in the absence of molecular oxygen; pertaining to an anaerobe. Requiring no oxygen; usually short spurt, high energy activities. In the absence of, not requiring, nor utilizing oxygen. An environment without air or oxygen. Pertaining…

A microorganism that can survive in partial or complete absence of molecular oxygen. An organism that lives in the absence of oxygen and generally cannot grow in the presence of oxygen. The catabolic metabolism of anaerobic microorganisms reduces a variety of organic and inorganic compounds in order to survive (e.g., carbon dioxide, sulfate, nitrate, fumarate,…

A process through which circulating bacteria, pigments, metallic substances, foreign proteins, and other materials are fixated to areas of inflammation.  

The intentional surgical removal of diseased tissue; relating to dentistry, may be amputating a root from a multirooted tooth or the removal of a portion of a root. To remove a limb or part of a limb in a surgical operation.  

Having no rigid shape or organized structure, without crystalline structure; having random arrangement of atoms in space. Without regular or definite form. Without definite form. Lacking a specific shape or form (e.g., an ameba). Not in a crystalline state and lacking a defined shape or structure, as seen in certain chemicals.  

A group of antibiotics (streptomycin, gentamycin, tobramycin) commonly combined synergistically with penicillins. A drug used to treat many Gram-negative and some Gram-positive bacterial infections. A series of broad-spectrum antibiotics of similar toxicity and pharmacology, including streptomycin, neomycin, framycetin, kanamycin, paromomycin and gentamicin. A type or class of antibiotics used to treat infections caused by aerobic,…