Usually means: Insertion of needle into spine.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. spinal puncture: Vocabulary.com
  2. spinal puncture: Dictionary.com
  3. spinal puncture: Rhymezone
  4. spinal puncture: FreeDictionary.org
  5. spinal puncture: Mnemonic Dictionary
  6. spinal puncture: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. spinal puncture: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. spinal puncture: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  5. spinal puncture: Medical dictionary

Definitions from WordNet (spinal puncture)

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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