lumbar puncture

English

Noun

lumbar puncture (plural lumbar punctures)

(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.

Synonyms

spinal tap
LP (abbreviation)

Translations

procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid

Chinese:
Mandarin: 腰椎穿刺 (yāozhuī chuāncì)
Czech: lumbální punkce f
Finnish: lannepisto
French: ponction lombaire (fr) f
German: please add this translation if you can

Hungarian: gerinccsapolás
Icelandic: mænuástunga f
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: punción lumbar f

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