OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA
\ɒbstˈɛtɹɪk ˌanɐld͡ʒˈiːzi͡ə], \ɒbstˈɛtɹɪk ˌanɐldʒˈiːziə], \ɒ_b_s_t_ˈɛ_t_ɹ_ɪ_k ˌa_n_ɐ_l_dʒ_ˈiː_z_iə]\
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The elimination of sensibility to pain, without the loss of consciousness, during labor, delivery, and possibly the postpartum period, usually through the administration of narcotic analgesics.
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Elizabeth Sara Sheppard
- An English novelist; born at Blackheath, 1830; died Brixton, March 13, 1862. She wrote noted "Charles Auchester"(1853), mystical art novel; "Counterparts, or the Cross of Love"(1854); "My First Season"(1855); "The Double Coronet"(1856); "Rumor", a musical and artistic novel(1858).