lumbar puncture
lumbar puncture · lumbar punctures
люмбальна пункція
люмбальная пункция
Lumbalpunktion
A diagnostic and at times therapeutic procedure performed to collect a sample of…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.
Meaning
1 sensesA 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.
Lumbalpunktion
люмба́льная пу́нкцияljumbálʹnaja púnkcija
люмба́льна пункціяljumbálʹna punkcija
More definitions
- removal by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid:
Русский
By meaning 1
procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid:
Forms
plural: lumbar punctures| Singular | lumbar puncture |
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Synonyms
5 synonymsspinal taprachicentesisLPrhachicentesis
Close in meaning
- removal by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes:spinal puncturespinal tap