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champagne taps

champagne taps is the plural of champagne tap.

Meaning of champagne tap

Noun

champagne tap (plural champagne taps)

  1. (figuratively, informal) A bloodless sample of cerebrospinal fluid from a lumbar puncture (colloquially, a spinal tap).
    • When the needle finally perforated the sac around the spinal column, clear fluid bubbled back through the hub. The resident congratulated me on a “champagne tap”, free of blood. We sent the fluid off to the laboratory.year unknown, Sandeep Jauhar, The Intern:Doctor's Initiation, Penguin Books India, page 39

Questions about champagne taps

What is champagne taps the plural of?
Champagne taps is the plural of champagne tap.

Words near champagne taps in the dictionary

  1. champagne soda
  2. champagne sodas
  3. champagne stirrer
  4. champagne stirrers
  5. champagne tap
  6. champagne taps
  7. champagne taste on a beer billfold
  8. champagne taste on a beer budget
  9. champagne taste on a beer pocketbook
  10. champagne taste on a beer salary
  11. champagne taste on a beer wallet

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