| LS | lateral suspensor; left sacrum; left septum; left side; legally separated; leiomyosarcoma; length of... |
|---|---|
| LS-BMD | lumbar spine bone mineral density |
| LSI | large-scale integration; life satisfaction index; lumbar spine index |
| lumb | lumbar |
| LV | laryngeal vestibule; lateral ventricle; lecithovitellin; left ventricle, left ventricular; leucovori... |
| lumbar puncture |
A procedure for removing spinal fluid from the space that surrounds the spinal cord using a needle inserted through two vertebrae in the lower part of the back. Fluid samples drip out the needle when the obturator is removed and are collected in sterile tubes and examined for evidence of leukemia or lymphoma. This technique can be used to administer anti-cancer drugs to either prevent or treat leukemia or lymphoma of the coverings of the central nervous system. ...
출처: www.cllinfo.com/Glossary/glossary_L.html
|
|---|---|
| lumbar puncture |
Withdrawal of a small amount of cerebrospinal fluid in order to analyse it.
출처: www.kerri.thomas.btinternet.co.uk/glossary.html
|
| lumbar puncture |
A procedure in which a short, narrow needle is placed between two lumbar vertebrae into the area where there is spinal fluid. The fluid is removed for testing. Back to top
출처: www.uhmc.sunysb.edu/pediatrics/glossary.html
|
| lumbar puncture h. |
headache in the erect position, relieved by recumbency, after lumbar puncture; due to lowering of intracranial pressure by leakage of cerebrospinal fluid through the needle tract.
출처: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
|
| lumbar puncture |
A procedure in which a special needle is passed between two of the lumbar vertebrae (lower portion of the back) to obtain a sample of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF). This test is necessary to determine whether the infant has an infection of the spinal fluid.
출처: www.stjohnsmercy.org/services/nicu/glossary.asp
|