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lumbar punctures

lumbar punctures is the plural of lumbar puncture.

Meaning of lumbar puncture

Noun

lumbar puncture (plural lumbar punctures)

  1. 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.

Questions about lumbar punctures

What is lumbar punctures the plural of?
Lumbar punctures is the plural of lumbar puncture.

Words near lumbar punctures in the dictionary

  1. Lumbangan
  2. lumbangs
  3. lumbar
  4. lumbar ganglion
  5. lumbar puncture
  6. lumbar punctures
  7. lumbar spine
  8. lumbar vertebra
  9. lumbar vertebrae
  10. Lumbarda
  11. lumbarization

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