tourniquet
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nɪ noun
1.
Medicine/Medical, Surgery. any device for arresting bleeding by forcibly compressing a blood vessel, as a bandage tightened by twisting.
2.
a device for pulling the parts of a wooden piece of furniture together, consisting of a pair of twisted cords passed around the parts.
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tourniquet (ˈtʊənɪˌkeɪ, ˈtɔː-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| med any instrument or device for temporarily constricting an artery of the arm or leg to control bleeding | |
| [C17: from French: device that operates by turning, from tourner to | |
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Tourniquet
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Word Origin & History
tourniquet
1695, from Fr. tourniquet "surgical tourniquet," also "turnstile," dim. of torner "to turn," from O.Fr. tourner, torner (see turn).
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Medical Dictionary
tourniquet tour·ni·quet (t&oobreve;r'nĭ-kĭt, tûr'-)
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.
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Example sentences
Her brother made a tourniquet with a length of electrical wire.
He applied a tourniquet to his wrist and continued to radio for support and direct the operation before being evacuated.
The health care provider wraps a tourniquet or blood pressure cuff around your upper arm.
His friends wrapped a tourniquet around his right thigh and applied pressure to the left while they waited for an ambulance.
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