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tam⋅pon⋅ade

  [tam-puh-neyd]
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–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 + -ade 1
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Main Entry: tam·pon·ade
Pronunciation: "tam-p&-'nAd
Variant: also tam·pon·age /'tam-p&-nij/
Function:noun
1 : the closure or blockage (as of a wound or body cavity) by or as if by a tampon especially to stop bleeding
2 : CARDIAC TAMPONADE
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tamponade tam·pon·ade (tām'pə-nād') or tam·pon·age (tām'pə-nĭj)
n.
The insertion or use of a tampon.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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