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Blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding)
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tamponade
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Tamponade is the closure or blockage (as of a wound or body cavity) by or as if by a tampon , especially to stop bleeding. Tamponade is a useful method of stopping a hemorrhage . This can be achieved by applying an absorbent dressing directly into a wound, ...
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n. 1 (context medical English) The use of a tampon. 2 (context medical English) A stoppage in the flow of blood in a vessel, caused either by the insertion of a tampon or by outside constriction.
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n. blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding) [syn: tamponage ]
Usage examples of tamponade.
With nothing left in the way, the organ could clamp down tight on itself and tamponade the bleeding sites, like pressure on a cut.
The surgery had been relatively easy as these things went: a bit of shrapnel had nicked the pericardium, and there had been bleeding into the pericardial sac with associated cardiac tamponade.