Usually means: Procedure to collect spinal fluid.
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  1. lumbar puncture: Merriam-Webster
  2. lumbar puncture: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lumbar puncture: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. lumbar puncture: Collins English Dictionary
  5. lumbar puncture: Vocabulary.com
  6. lumbar puncture: Wiktionary
  7. lumbar puncture: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. lumbar puncture: Dictionary.com
  9. Lumbar puncture: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. lumbar puncture: Rhymezone
  11. lumbar puncture: FreeDictionary.org
  12. lumbar puncture: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. lumbar puncture: Legal dictionary
  2. lumbar puncture: Financial dictionary

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  1. lumbar puncture: Encyclopedia

Medicine (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. lumbar puncture: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Lumbar puncture, Puncture, lumbar: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  8. Lumbar puncture: Merck Manuals
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  11. Lumbar Puncture: Glossary of Lymphoma Terms
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  14. lumbar puncture: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  15. lumbar puncture: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
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  17. lumbar puncture: Medical dictionary
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  19. Lumbar puncture, Puncture, lumbar: Drug Medical Dictionary
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  1. Lumbar Puncture: Urban Dictionary

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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.

Similar:
spinal tap, spinal puncture, lumbotomy, cephalocentesis, centesis, L-spine, cystocentesis, filipuncture, celiocentesis, lumpectomy, more...

Opposite:
cervical puncture, thoracic puncture

Types:
spinal tap, more...

Phrases:
lumbar puncture headache, post lumbar puncture syndrome, more...

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Similar:
spinal tap, spinal puncture, lumbotomy, cephalocentesis, centesis, L-spine, cystocentesis, filipuncture, celiocentesis, lumpectomy, more...

Opposite:
cervical puncture, thoracic puncture

Types:
spinal tap, more...

Phrases:
lumbar puncture headache, post lumbar puncture syndrome, more...



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