tourniquet (redirected from Rumel tourniquet)

tour·ni·quet  (trn-kt, 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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[French : tourner, to turn (from Old French; see turn) + -iquet, diminutive suff. (from Old French).]

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tourniquet [tour-nick-kay]

Noun

Med a strip of cloth tied tightly round an arm or leg to stop bleeding from an artery [French]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tourniquet - bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure compression bandage bandage, patch - a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body

Translations

tourniquet [ˈtuənɪkeɪ] n (MED) → torniquete m

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tourniquet [ˈtuənɪkeɪ] n (Med) → garrot m

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tourniquet [ˈtuənɪkeɪ] n → Aderpresse f

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tourniquet [ˈtuənɪkeɪ] n (MED) → laccio emostatico, pinza emostatica