http://wordie.org/words/tap Comments for the word 'Tap' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/tap#comments To tap in medical parlance is to access and remove fluid from an internal compartment, usually but not always an abnormal fluid collection.<br /><br />A <a href="/words/thoracentesis">thoracentesis</a> or <a href="/words/paracentesis">paracentesis</a> would both be examples of taps. A <a href="/words/spinal tap">spinal tap</a> is an example which doesn't aim to drain a pathological fluid pocket.<br /><br />Usage: "Mr Carver's got a pleural effusion on <a href="/words/decube">decube</a>s, but it looks too small to <a href="/words/tap">tap</a>." Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:13:57 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/tap#comments http://wordie.org/words/tap#comments <a href="/words/Pat">Pat</a> in reverse. Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:15:19 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/tap#comments