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spinal tap

spinal tap noun: lumbar puncture (LP).

Noun

spinal tap (plural spinal taps)

  1. (colloquial) Lumbar puncture (LP).
    • Then they tested my spinal column. They gave me a spinal tap even.2017, Sam Shepard, Spy of the First Person, →ISBN, page 5

Forms of spinal tap

pluralspinal taps

Questions about spinal tap

What does spinal tap mean?
Spinal tap means lumbar puncture (LP).
What part of speech is spinal tap?
Spinal tap is a noun.
What is the plural of spinal tap?
The plural of spinal tap is spinal taps.

Words near spinal tap in the dictionary

  1. spinal marrows
  2. spinal muscular atrophies
  3. spinal muscular atrophy
  4. spinal nerve
  5. spinal nerves
  6. spinal tap
  7. Spinal Tap-ian
  8. Spinal Tapian
  9. spinal taps
  10. Spinale
  11. Spinales

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