[tur-ni-kit, too
r-] 
| 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. |
| 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).] |
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.