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1970–75, Americanism; after H. J. Heimlich (born 1920), U.S. physician who devised it
1970–75, Americanism; after H. J. Heimlich (born 1920), U.S. physician who devised it
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Heimlich maneuver
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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Heimlich maneuver n.
An emergency technique used to eject an object, such as food, from the trachea of a choking person. The technique employs a firm upward thrust just below the rib cage to force air from the lungs up through the trachea, thus dislodging the obstruction.
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