LUMBAR PUNCTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lumbar puncture mean? 

• LUMBAR PUNCTURE (noun)
  The noun LUMBAR PUNCTURE has 1 sense:

1. removal by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes

  Familiarity information: LUMBAR PUNCTURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUMBAR PUNCTURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Removal by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

lumbar puncture; spinal puncture; spinal tap

Hypernyms ("lumbar puncture" is a kind of...):

centesis ((surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid)

 Context examples 

Headache in erect position, after lumbar puncture; due to lowering of intracranial pressure by leakage of cerebrospinal fluid through the needle tract.

(Lumbar Puncture Headache, NCI Thesaurus)