tap (redirected from bone tap)

tap (tap)

1. a quick, light blow.

2. to drain off fluid by paracentesis.

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spinal tap  lumbar puncture.

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tap (tp)

n.

The removal of fluid from a body cavity.

v.

1. To withdraw fluid from a body cavity, as with a trocar and cannula, hollow needle, or catheter.

2. To strike lightly with the finger or a hammerlike instrument, as in percussion or to elicit a tendon reflex.

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tap

Etymology: ME, tappen

1 to strike lightly, as in percussion or testing of reflexes.

2 to draw off fluid through a small opening.

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tap

1. a quick, light blow.

2. to drain off fluid by paracentesis.

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bone tap

an instrument for cutting a screw thread inside a drill hole in bone. May have a fixed handle or come in bit form so that the bit size can be interchanged in a handle fitted with a chuck.

spinal tap

lumbar puncture.

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tap

noun The fluid obtained when a body cavity is tapped verb To obtain a fluid or liquefied material from a body cavity or tissue by inserting a needle or catheter. See Abdominal tap, Dry tap, Pericardiocentesis.