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Definition of Tourniquet
1. Noun. Bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure.
Definition of Tourniquet
1. n. 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.
Definition of Tourniquet
1. Noun. A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb. ¹
2. Noun. Any of several similar methods of clamping components into position ¹
3. Noun. A turnstile ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tourniquet
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Medical Definition of Tourniquet
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tourniquet
Literary usage of Tourniquet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"tourniquet, a contrivance for compressing a blood-vessel to stop the flow of blood in
... At the present time such a tourniquet is known as an emergency ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"tourniquet, a contrivance for compressing a blood-vessel to stop the flow of blood in
... At the present time such a tourniquet is known as an emergency ..."
3. A Manual for the Practice of Surgery by Thomas Bryant (1881)
"If the constriction were continued very long, and especially if the tourniquet
were applied with excessive firmness, there might occur paralysis of the limb ..."
4. The London Medical Gazette (1830)
"As pressure above completely slopped the pulsation, a small tourniquet* was
applied to the ... tourniquet tightened, so as completely to stop the pulsation. ..."
5. Pye's Surgical Handicraft: A Manual of Surgical Manipulations, Minor Surgery by Walter Pye (1893)
"In consequence, Petit's tourniquet is very painful, and could not possibly be
... and Lister's, for the abdominal aorta. C^3 FlG. 12.—Sleeps tourniquet. ..."
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