lumbar puncture
Noun
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Noun
lumbar puncture (plural lumbar punctures)
- (medical) A diagnostic and at times therapeutic procedure performed to collect a sample of cerebrospinal fluid for biochemical, microbiological, and cytological analysis, or rarely to relieve increased intracranial pressure.
- spinal tap
- LP (abbreviation)
- French: ponction lombaire
- German: Lumbalpunktion
- Italian: puntura lombare
- Portuguese: punção lombar
- Russian: люмба́льная пу́нкция
- Spanish: punción lumbar
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