adj :  involving or affecting only a restricted part of the organism  :  TOPICAL - compare SYSTEMICa   lo*cal*ly adv 
, n :  LOCAL ANESTHETIC : also  :  LOCAL ANESTHESIA .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  lig·u·la 
 
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