lumbar puncture

1. 1.

   removal by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes

   Synonymsspinal puncturespinal tap

   Broadercentesis

Questions about lumbar puncture

What does lumbar puncture mean?

lumbar puncture means "removal by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes".

What is another word for lumbar puncture?

Close synonyms include spinal puncture, spinal tap. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lumbar puncture a common word?

lumbar puncture is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.