tamponade

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tamponade - blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding)

tamponage

blockage, obstruction - the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction

cardiac tamponade - mechanical compression of the heart resulting from large amounts of fluid collecting in the pericardial space and limiting the heart's normal range of motion

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