Definitions from Wiktionary (lumbar puncture)

▸ 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.
▸ Also see lumbar_puncture


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