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1. (n.) tourniquet
any device for arresting bleeding by forcibly compressing a blood vessel, as a bandage tightened by twisting.
Etymology: (1865–70)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) compression bandage, tourniquet
bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure
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1. (noun) tourniquet
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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Sense: a bandage, or other device, tied very tightly round an injured arm or leg to prevent too much blood being lost.
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 Afrikaans: toerniket |
 Arabic: عَصْبَةٌ حَوْل الجُرْح لإ |
 Bulgarian: турникет |
 Brazilian: torniquete |
 Czech: turniket |
 German: der Druckverband |
 Danish: årepresse |
 Greek: αιμοστατικός επίδεσμος |
 Spanish: torniquete |
 Estonian: þgutt |
 Farsi: شریان بند |
 Finnish: kiristysside |
 French: garrot |
 Hebrew: חוֹסֶם עורקִים |
 Hindi: रक्त बन्ध |
 Croatian: čvrsti zavoj, podvez |
 Hungarian: ércsíptető |
 Indonesian: pengikat |
 Icelandic: æðaklemma, stasi, snarvöl |
 Italian: (laccio emostatico) |
 Japanese: 止血帯 |
 Korean: 지혈기, (지혈용) 압박대 |
 Lithuanian: žgutas |
 Latvian: žņaugs |
 Malay: pembalut |
 Dutch: tourniquet |
 Norwegian: årepresse |
 Polish: opaska uciskowa |
 Persian: شریان بند |
 Pashto: بندي، بانداژ ( پټۍ چې دوي |
 Portuguese: torniquete |
 Romanian: garou |
 Russian: жгут |
 Slovak: turniket |
 Slovenian: kompresija, preveza |
 Serbian: povez |
 Swedish: kompressor,åtsnörningspin |
 Thai: เครื่องห้ามเลือด |
 Turkish: sıkaç, turnike |
 Taiwanese: 止血帶，壓脈器 |
 Ukrainian: турнікет, джгут |
 Urdu: خون کا رساؤ روکنے والي پٹ |
 Vietnamese: ga rô |
 Chinese: 止血带，压脉器 |
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