Phrase guide

lumbar puncture

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: LP, spinal tap, rachicentesis, rhachicentesis

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

removal by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: spinal puncture, spinal tap

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: centesis

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَزْل قَطَنِيّ (bazl qaṭaniyy) — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Armenian: գոտկային պունկցիա (gotkayin punkcʻia) — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Asturian: punción lumbar — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Azerbaijani: lümbal punksiya — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Basque: ziztada lunbar — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Bulgarian: лумбална пункция (lumbalna punkcija) — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Catalan: punció lumbar — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Chinese Cantonese: 腰椎穿刺 (jiu1 zeoi1 cyun1 ci3) — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腰椎穿刺 (yāozhuī chuāncì) — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Czech: lumbální punkce — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Danish: lumbalpunktur — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Dutch: lumbaalpunctie — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Finnish: lannepisto — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • French: ponction lombaire — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Galician: punción lumbar — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • German: Lumbalpunktion — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Hungarian: gerinccsapolás — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Icelandic: mænuástunga — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Irish: polladh lumbach — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Italian: puntura lombare — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Italian: rachicentesi — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Japanese: 腰椎穿刺 (youtsui senshi) — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Kazakh: беломыртқа тесу (belomyrtqa tesu) — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Korean: 요추천자 (yochucheonja) — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Norwegian Bokmål: spinalpunksjon — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lumbalpunksjon — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: spinalpunksjon — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Persian: پونکسیون کمری — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Polish: nakłucie lędźwiowe — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Portuguese: punção lombar — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Russian: люмба́льная пу́нкция (ljumbálʹnaja púnkcija) — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Serbo-Croatian: лумбална пункција — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Serbo-Croatian: lumbalna punkcija — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Spanish: punción lumbar — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Swedish: lumbalpunktion — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Tamil: முதுகுத் தண்டுவட துளையிடுதல் (mutukut taṇṭuvaṭa tuḷaiyiṭutal) — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Thai: การเจาะน้ําไขสันหลัง (gaan jòr náam kăi săn lăng) — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Turkish: lomber ponksiyon — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Ukrainian: люмба́льна пункція (ljumbálʹna punkcija) — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
  • Welsh: pigiad meingefnol — procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid