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"tap" for ascites - ?slang - sm - je suis MT

Posted: Jun 27, 2011

I've been transcribing this word for years and it dawned on me that I've never verified it anywhere. Is it slang and we should substitute/recast or is it acceptable medical terminology?

"Massive ascites; status post therapeutic tap."

"Ultrasound revealed a great deal of ascitic fluid and the patient was tapped."

Thanks.

sm - nt

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tap
Type: Term

Pronunciation: tap

Definitions:
1. To withdraw fluid from a cavity by means of a trocar and cannula, hollow needle, or catheter.
2. To strike lightly with the finger or a hammerlike instrument in percussion or to elicit a tendon reflex.
3. A light blow.
4. An East Indian fever of undetermined nature.
5. An instrument to cut threads in a hole in bone before inserting a screw.

its fine just as you have it. NM - mt40

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