Taber's Medical Dictionary
2tap
(tap )
[Old English tappian, to draw off liquid]
1. Removal or emptying of fluid from a cavity.
SEE: paracentesis; SEE: thoracentesis
2. To puncture or to empty a cavity of fluid.
3. The fluid removed from a cavity.
spinal tap
SEE: Lumbar puncture.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "2tap." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/766663/0/_2tap.
2tap. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/766663/0/_2tap. Accessed April 20, 2026.
2tap. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/766663/0/_2tap
2tap [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 20]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/766663/0/_2tap.
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