lumbar puncture
C1CEFR level
75/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
A procedure in which a needle is inserted into the lower spine to collect cerebrospinal fluid for testing.
We performed a lumbar puncture to confirm meningitis once imaging excluded raised pressure.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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