anterior palatine nerve block

— adjective of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body — noun (= front tooth) a tooth situated at the front of the mouth his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors — adjective earlier in time

palatine

— adjective of or relating to a palace — adjective of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives — noun (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands — noun any of various important officials in ancient Rome — noun either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits — adjective (= palatal) relating to or lying near the palate palatal index the palatine tonsils

Palatine

— noun the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces

nerve Noun

— A nerve is a cell in the body that sends signals. The brain is made of nerves. She can't feel anything with this arm, and can't move her arm, because the nerves were cut in an accident. — Nerve is confidence: a feeling of being able to do something. He didn't have the nerve to ask her to dance. You had a lot of nerve, saying that to me! Go away!

block Noun

— A block is a hard piece of material, usually with six smooth sides. When I was young, I liked building things with wooden blocks. — A city block is the distance from one road to the next. We have to walk about three blocks to the restaurant. — In computers, a block is a restriction that prevents access to something. I could not start a page on Wikipedia because of a block.

block Verb

— If mathX/math is blocking mathY/math, then mathY/math can't go past mathX/math. The water in the bath won't go down. There's something blocking the drain. The road was blocked by police. Excuse me! You're blocking my view. I can't see.