lumbar puncture

Synonyms:
  • spinal puncture
German: Lumbalpunktion
Japanese: 腰椎穿刺

Medicine. Drawing of cerebrospinal fluid for diagnostic purposes, with a long canula, stabbed in between the 3rd and 4th or the 4th and 5th lumbar vertebrae.

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