spinal tap

tap

 [tap]

1. a quick, light blow.

2. to drain off fluid by paracentesis.

spinal tap lumbar puncture.

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lum·bar punc·ture (LP),

a puncture into the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region to obtain spinal fluid for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.

Synonym(s): Quincke puncture, rachicentesis, rachiocentesis, spinal puncture, spinal tap

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spinal tap

Lumbar puncture, see there.

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lum·bar punc·ture

(lŭm'bahr pŭngk'shŭr)

A puncture into the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region to obtain spinal fluid for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
Synonym(s): rachicentesis, rachiocentesis, spinal tap.

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spinal tap

See LUMBAR PUNCTURE.

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