Meanings
plural lumbar punctures
- medicineA 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.
Synonyms: LP, spinal tap, rachicentesis, rhachicentesis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nounremoval by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic بَزْل قَطَنِيّ
- بَزْل قَطَنِيّ (bazl qaṭaniyy)procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Basque ziztada lunbar
- ziztada lunbarprocedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Bulgarian лумбална пункция
- лумбална пункция (lumbalna punkcija)procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Catalan punció lumbar
- punció lumbarprocedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Chinese Cantonese 腰椎穿刺
- 腰椎穿刺 (jiu¹ zeoi¹ cyun¹ ci³)procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Chinese Mandarin 腰椎穿刺
- 腰椎穿刺 (yāozhuī chuāncì)procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Czech lumbální punkce
- lumbální punkceprocedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Danish lumbalpunktur
- lumbalpunkturprocedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Dutch lumbaalpunctie
- lumbaalpunctieprocedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Finnish lannepisto
- lannepistoprocedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
French ponction lombaire
- ponction lombaireprocedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
German Lumbalpunktion
- Lumbalpunktionprocedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Hungarian gerinccsapolás
- gerinccsapolásprocedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Icelandic mænuástunga
- mænuástungaprocedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Irish polladh lumbach
- polladh lumbachprocedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Italian puntura lombare, rachicentesi
- puntura lombareprocedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
- rachicentesiprocedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Japanese 腰椎穿刺
- 腰椎穿刺 (youtsui senshi)procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Korean 요추천자
- 요추천자 (yochucheonja)procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Norwegian Bokmål spinalpunksjon, lumbalpunksjon
- spinalpunksjonprocedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
- lumbalpunksjonprocedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Persian پونکسیون کمری
- پونکسیون کمریprocedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Polish nakłucie lędźwiowe
- nakłucie lędźwioweprocedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Portuguese punção lombar
- punção lombarprocedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Russian люмба́льная пу́нкция
- люмба́льная пу́нкция (ljumbálʹnaja púnkcija)procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Spanish punción lumbar
- punción lumbarprocedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Swedish lumbalpunktion
- lumbalpunktionprocedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Tamil முதுகுத் தண்டுவட துளையிடுதல்
- முதுகுத் தண்டுவட துளையிடுதல் (mutukut taṇṭuvaṭa tuḷaiyiṭutal)procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Thai การเจาะน้ำไขสันหลัง
- การเจาะน้ำไขสันหลัง (gaan jòr náam kăi săn lăng)procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Turkish lomber ponksiyon
- lomber ponksiyonprocedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Ukrainian люмба́льна пункція
- люмба́льна пункція (ljumbálʹna punkcija)procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Welsh pigiad meingefnol
- pigiad meingefnolprocedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Cite this entry
lumbar puncture. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lumbar%20puncture
“lumbar puncture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lumbar%20puncture. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lumbar puncture,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lumbar%20puncture.
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