NOUN
- removal by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
How To Use spinal tap In A Sentence
- He immediately ordered a spinal tap that confirmed polio, and she was moved to the floor for contagious diseases.
- Making fun of such sacrilegious music would have been deemed a profanity, but then Spinal Tap changed all that - thank God.
- Meanwhile, though rumours of a Spinal Tap sequel are exaggerated, the band do plan a London concert this summer.
- When I did a search on HuffPo for "spinal tap unwigged," it asked me "did you mean spinal tap unwiped? Sandy Kaczmarski: Unwigged and Unplugged: Spinal Tap Unwiped
- Common organic causes of her headaches had been ruled out by x-rays, MRI, and spinal tap.
- Later on, outside, after winking at me (the man looked good in a coat and scarf [hey, with boys, is it called a muffler?], people) Ward quoted the "Stonehenge" speech to me from "Spinal Tap" because of my cape. Anne-jumps Diary Entry
- Parents will note with interest the satirical penny "pinchers" consistently getting the better of credit card, the allusions to Spinal Tap, and simply the shamelessness of the fart humour. Undefined
- VELEZ-MITCHELL: You know, Ant, this reminds me some kind of crazy spinal tap movie where the Hollywood mentality invades a small town and everything goes to fluey. CNN Transcript Jun 18, 2009
- He was rushed to City Hospital in Syracuse where a diagnosis was made, via spinal tap, of bulbar polio. Polio
- Cerebrospinal fluid was obtained from the lumbar spinal taps or the intrathecal catheter.
