Tourniquet

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A device, typically a tightly encircling bandage, used to check bleeding by temporarily stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.
  • n. Any of several similar methods of clamping components into position.
  • n. A turnstile.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a band which is tightened by a screw or other means.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A turnstile.
  • n. An instrument for arresting the passage of blood through an artery by means of compression effected with a screw. It is used to control hemorrhage temporarily, as in surgical operations on a limb, or to check the force of the blood-current in cases of aneurismal or other vascular tumors.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bandage    patch   
    Cross Reference
    hydraulic tourniquet   
    Same Context
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