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71Tracheoesophageal puncture — A tracheoesophageal puncture is a small opening made by a surgeon between the esophagus and the trachea. A valve keeps food out of the trachea but lets air into the esophagus for esophageal speech. External links *… …
72lumbar puncture — Med. puncture into the arachnoid membrane of the spinal cord, in the lumbar region, and withdrawal of spinal fluid, performed for diagnosis of the fluid, injection of dye for imaging, or administration of anesthesia or medication. Also called… …
73spinal puncture — n LUMBAR PUNCTURE * * * lumbar p …
74Bernard puncture syndrome — Ber·nard puncture, syndrome (bār nahrґ) [Claude Bernard, French physiologist, 1813–1878] see under puncture and syndrome …
75post–dural puncture headache — post–lumbar puncture headache lumbar puncture headache …
76Kronecker center puncture — Kro·neck·er center, puncture (kroґnek ər) [Karl Hugo Kronecker, German pathologist in Switzerland, 1839–1914] see cardioinhibitory center, under center, and see under puncture …
77post–lumbar puncture syndrome — the lumbar puncture headache and other symptoms, which may include pain at the back of the neck, nausea, vomiting, sweating, and malaise, felt in the erect position and relieved when the person lies down, lasting from several hours after lumbar… …
78lumbar puncture — n. to do, perform a lumbar puncture * * * perform a lumbar puncture to do …
79lumbar puncture — a procedure performed under local anaesthetic in which cerebrospinal fluid is withdrawn by means of a hollow needle inserted into the subarachnoid space in the region of the lower back (usually between the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae). The… …
80lumbar puncture — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms lumbar puncture : singular lumbar puncture plural lumbar punctures medical a medical treatment or test in which a needle is used to inject medicine into or take liquid from your spine …
