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Tourniquet — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • tourniquet noun A tight band or device wrapped around a limb to stop severe bleeding by cutting off blood flow.

Senses

Tourniquet is used for these senses in English:

  • tourniquet (medicine) A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.

Related German words