spinal tap
noun
: lumbar puncture
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The test to confirm a parechovirus diagnosis detects the DNA of the virus in cerebrospinal fluid, which requires a lumbar puncture, often known as a spinal tap. 
Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 13 Aug. 2022 The test for parechovirus is aggressive: a spinal tap. Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 13 Aug. 2022 Brain imaging, bloodwork and a spinal tap were among the procedures that Aislynn underwent. Terry Demio, The Enquirer, 5 May 2022 What researchers are trying to do is come up with a blood test that could kind of detect this protein in your blood, rather than having to go to that extra step of the spinal tap or the brain scan. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2022 This imaging is usually enough to confirm the diagnosis of the most common type of multiple sclerosis, relapsing-remitting MS, but sometimes, your doctor might want to order further testing, such as a spinal tap. Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF, 7 Mar. 2022 He was headed for a spinal tap and chemotherapy treatment that would take seven hours and a whole day of fasting. Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 14 Feb. 2022 He was scheduled for a biopsy and a spinal tap—last-ditch efforts to find the source of his illness. Zoya Teirstein, Wired, 25 Sep. 2021 Currently, the disease is diagnosed through memory tests by a skilled neurologist, then confirmed through a costly positron emission tomography (PET) scan of the brain or an invasive spinal tap puncture to get cerebrospinal fluid. Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 25 Nov. 2021 See More
Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 13 Aug. 2022 The test for parechovirus is aggressive: a spinal tap. Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 13 Aug. 2022 Brain imaging, bloodwork and a spinal tap were among the procedures that Aislynn underwent. Terry Demio, The Enquirer, 5 May 2022 What researchers are trying to do is come up with a blood test that could kind of detect this protein in your blood, rather than having to go to that extra step of the spinal tap or the brain scan. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2022 This imaging is usually enough to confirm the diagnosis of the most common type of multiple sclerosis, relapsing-remitting MS, but sometimes, your doctor might want to order further testing, such as a spinal tap. Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF, 7 Mar. 2022 He was headed for a spinal tap and chemotherapy treatment that would take seven hours and a whole day of fasting. Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 14 Feb. 2022 He was scheduled for a biopsy and a spinal tap—last-ditch efforts to find the source of his illness. Zoya Teirstein, Wired, 25 Sep. 2021 Currently, the disease is diagnosed through memory tests by a skilled neurologist, then confirmed through a costly positron emission tomography (PET) scan of the brain or an invasive spinal tap puncture to get cerebrospinal fluid. Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 25 Nov. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1947, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
spinal tap
noun
: lumbar puncture