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tourniquet
[tur-ni-kit, toor-]
noun
Medicine/Medical, Surgery.any device for arresting bleeding by forcibly compressing a blood vessel, as a bandage tightened by twisting.
a device for pulling the parts of a wooden piece of furniture together, consisting of a pair of twisted cords passed around the parts.
tourniquet
/ ˈtʊənɪˌkeɪ, ˈtɔː- /
noun
med any instrument or device for temporarily constricting an artery of the arm or leg to control bleeding
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tourniquet1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tourniquet1
Example Sentences
They had been filled with donated medical equipment from NHS organisations across London and had included ventilators, syringe pumps, tourniquets, wound dressings, blizzard blankets and personal protective equipment.
The surgeon needed 35 minutes of tourniquet time to stop the bleeding while about one liter of blood was lost, the suit states.
He has a tourniquet, and a separate medical kit attached to the front of his body armour.
“The rope is wrapped really tightly almost like a tourniquet around its flipper.”
The responding officers provided first aid to the sergeant and applied a tourniquet before he was taken to a hospital, where he is recovering.
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