tamponade

[tam-puh-neyd]

tam·pon·ade

[tam-puh-neyd]
noun
1.
Medicine/Medical. the use of a tampon, as to stop a hemorrhage.
2.
Also called cardiac tamponade, heart tamponade. Pathology. a condition in which the heart is compressed because of an accumulation of fluid in the pericardium.
Also, tam·pon·age [tam-puh-nij] .


Origin:
1885–90; tampon + -ade1
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Tamponade is always a great word to know.
So is hallux. Does it mean:
the outer, nonvascular, nonsensitive layer of the skin, covering the true skin or corium.
the first or innermost digit of the foot of humans and other primates or of the hind foot of other mammals; great toe; big toe.
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Medical Dictionary

tamponade tam·pon·ade (tām'pə-nād') or tam·pon·age (tām'pə-nĭj)
n.
The insertion or use of a tampon.

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