verb (used with object), mortified, mortifying. 1. to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect. 2. to subjugate (the body, passions, etc.) by abstinence, ascetic discipline, or self-inflicted suffering. 3. Pathology. to affect with gangrene or necrosis. verb (used without object), mortified, mortifying.
spinal tap noun. plural spinal taps. spinal tap. noun. plural spinal taps. Learner's definition of SPINAL TAP. [count] medical. : a procedure in which a needle is inserted into the spinal cord in order to take out fluid or inject medicine.
Â· just now. 1  Lumbar puncture (also known as a spinal tap) is performed by a physician. 2  a spinal tap(aka lumbar puncture) is a sterile procedure in which spinal fluid is drained from spaces between the bones in your back. 3  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Spinal_Tap.