tourniquet (redirected from Tourniquets)

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 [ˈtʊənɪˌkeɪ ˈtɔː-]

n

(Medicine) Med any instrument or device for temporarily constricting an artery of the arm or leg to control bleeding

[from French: device that operates by turning, from tourner to turn]

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 [ˈtʊənɪkeɪ] N (Med) → torniquete m

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tourniquet [ˈtʊə^rnɪkeɪ] n → garrot m
tour operator n (British) (= travel agency) → voyagiste m, tour-opérateur m
tour rep n (British) → accompagnateur/trice m/f

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tourniquet

n → Aderpresse f, → Tourniquet nt (spec)

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tourniquet [ˈtʊənɪˌkeɪ] n (Med) → laccio emostatico, pinza emostatica

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tourniquet [ˈtʊənɪˌkeɪ] n (Med) → laccio emostatico, pinza emostatica

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tourniquet

n tourniquet [ˈtuənikei, (American ) -kit]

a bandage, or other device, tied very tightly round an injured arm or leg to prevent too much blood being lost. toerniket عَصْبَةٌ حَوْل الجُرْح لإيقاف النَّزيف турникет turniket årepresse der Druckverband αιμοστατικός επίδεσμος torniquete þgutt شریان بند kiristysside garrot חוֹסֶם עורקִים रक्त बन्ध čvrsti zavoj, podvez ércsíptető pengikat æðaklemma, stasi, snarvölur (laccio emostatico) 止血帯 지혈기, (지혈용) 압박대 žgutas žņaugs pembalut tourniquet årepresse opaska uciskowa torniquete garou жгут turniket kompresija, preveza povez kompressor, åtsnörningspinne เครื่องห้ามเลือด sıkaç, turnike 止血帶, 壓脈器 турнікет, джгут خون کا رساؤ روکنے والي پٹي ga rô 止血带, 压脉器