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- noun medicine, colloquial : A
diagnostic and at timestherapeutic procedure performed to collect a sample ofcerebrospinal fluid forbiochemical ,microbiological , andcytological analysis , or rarely to relieve increasedintracranial 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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October 18, 2007
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October 18, 2007
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October 18, 2007
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October 18, 2007
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October 18, 2007