TOURNIQUET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tourniquet mean? 

• TOURNIQUET (noun)
  The noun TOURNIQUET has 1 sense:

1. bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure

  Familiarity information: TOURNIQUET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOURNIQUET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

compression bandage; tourniquet

Hypernyms ("tourniquet" is a kind of...):

bandage; patch (a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body)

 Context examples 

“Will you get a tourniquet, Mr. Van Weyden,” Wolf Larsen called to me.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The flow of blood to and from the limb is temporarily stopped with a tourniquet (a tight band around the limb), and anticancer drugs are put directly into the blood of the limb.

(Isolated limb perfusion, NCI Dictionary)

A distinct and virulent form of DENGUE characterized by thrombocytopenia and hemoconcentration (grades I and II) and distinguished by a positive tourniquet test.

(Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The flow of blood to and from the limb is temporarily stopped with a tourniquet (a tight band around the limb).

(Isolated Chemotherapeutic Limb Perfusion, NCI Dictionary)