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lumbar puncture

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The insertion of a hollow needle beneath the arachnoid membrane of the spinal cord in the lumbar region to withdraw cerebrospinal fluid for diagnostic purposes or to administer a drug.

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  • noun medicine 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.

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

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  • Not pleasant. I had one of these when I was hospitalised with dengue fever. Delirium does not help you lie still while a trainee nurse is fiddling around in your spinal column.

    September 12, 2008

  • Is this the same thing as a spinal tap?

    September 12, 2008

  • Yep, same thing. Poor bilby. *shudders*

    September 12, 2008