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 Definitions of tourniquet  [ˈtɜr nɪ kɪt, ˈtʊər-]  

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Definition of 'tourniquet' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) tourniquet
any device for arresting bleeding by forcibly compressing a blood vessel, as a bandage tightened by twisting.

Etymology:  (1865–70)

Definition of 'tourniquet' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) compression bandage, tourniquet
bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure


Definition of 'tourniquet' Webster Dictionary 

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


Translation of 'tourniquet' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a bandage, or other device, tied very tightly round an injured arm or leg to prevent too much blood being lost.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: toerniket Arabic flag Arabic: عَصْبَةٌ حَوْل الجُرْح لإ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: турникет
Brazilian flag Brazilian: torniquete Czech flag Czech: turniket German flag German: der Druckverband
Danish flag Danish: årepresse Greek flag Greek: αιμοστατικός επίδεσμος Spanish flag Spanish: torniquete
Estonian flag Estonian: þgutt Farsi flag Farsi: شریان بند Finnish flag Finnish: kiristysside
French flag French: garrot Hebrew flag Hebrew: חוֹסֶם עורקִים Hindi flag Hindi: रक्त बन्ध
Croatian flag Croatian: čvrsti zavoj, podvez Hungarian flag Hungarian: ércsíptető Indonesian flag Indonesian: pengikat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: æðaklemma, stasi, snarvöl Italian flag Italian: (laccio emostatico) Japanese flag Japanese: 止血帯
Korean flag Korean: 지혈기, (지혈용) 압박대 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: žgutas Latvian flag Latvian: žņaugs
Malay flag Malay: pembalut Dutch flag Dutch: tourniquet Norwegian flag Norwegian: årepresse
Polish flag Polish: opaska uciskowa Persian flag Persian: شریان بند Pashto flag Pashto: بندي، بانداژ ( پټۍ چې دوي
Portuguese flag Portuguese: torniquete Romanian flag Romanian: garou Russian flag Russian: жгут
Slovak flag Slovak: turniket Slovenian flag Slovenian: kompresija, preveza Serbian flag Serbian: povez
Swedish flag Swedish: kompressor,åtsnörningspin Thai flag Thai: เครื่องห้ามเลือด Turkish flag Turkish: sıkaç, turnike
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 止血帶,壓脈器 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: турнікет, джгут Urdu flag Urdu: خون کا رساؤ روکنے والي پٹ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ga rô Chinese flag Chinese: 止血带,压脉器

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