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tour⋅ni⋅quet
[tur-ni-kit, too
r-] 
–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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| tour·ni·quet (tŏŏr'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. [French : tourner, to turn (from Old French; see turn) + -iquet, diminutive suff. (from Old French).] |
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Tourniquet
Tour"ni*quet\, n. [F., fr. tourner to turn.] (Surg.) 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.
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Language Translation for : tourniquet
Spanish:
torniquete,
German:
der Druckverband,
Japanese:
止血帯
tourniquet
1695, from Fr. tourniquet "surgical tourniquet," also "turnstile," dim. of torner "to turn," from O.Fr. tourner, torner (see turn).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: tour·ni·quet
Pronunciation: 'tur-ni-k&t, 't&r-
Function: noun
: a device (as a bandage twisted tight with a stick) to checkbleeding or blood flow
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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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