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QUINCKE'S PUNCTURE

\kwˈɪŋks pˈʌŋkt͡ʃə], \kwˈɪŋks pˈʌŋkt‍ʃə], \k_w_ˈɪ_ŋ_k_s p_ˈʌ_ŋ_k_tʃ_ə]\

Definitions of QUINCKE'S PUNCTURE

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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the tapping of the spinal membranes to obtain cerebrospinal fluid for examination.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

See lumbar puncture.
Syn.: lumbar puncture. Puncture of the meninges of the spinal cord in the lumbar region for diagnostic or therapeutical purposes.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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