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Definition: Spinal Puncture |
Spinal PunctureNoun1. Removal by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Tapping of the subarachnoid space in the lumbar region, usually between the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae. (references) |
Medicine | The tapping of the subarachnoid space in the lumbar region, usually between the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: Spinal PunctureSynonyms: lumbar puncture (n), spinal tap (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Spinal Puncture |
| Specialty definitions using "spinal puncture": babcock, Babcock's needle. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
spinal puncture | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "spinal puncture"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | rachicenthèse, ponction lombaire, ponction de Quincke, ponction de Corning. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | inalspay uncturepay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-l-n-n-p-p-r-s-t-u-u" | |
-3 letters: apicultures, nunciatures. | |
-4 letters: apiculture, inculpates, lacustrine, nunciature, peninsular, prenuptial, supplanter, suppliance, supplicant, supplicate. | |
-5 letters: antiulcer, cannister, cisternal, clarinets, crappiest, inculpate, insurance, interclan, interlaps, internals, larcenist, particles, peculiars, peninsula, peripatus, periplast, pieplants, pinnacles, preputial, punctures, pursuance, ranunculi, retinulas, runcinate, saturnine, sculpture, superlain, suppliant, suppurate, traplines, triplanes, truancies, uncertain, unruliest, uppercuts. | |
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