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жгут — meaning in English

zhgut

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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

жгут is used for these senses in English:

  • garrot A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb.
  • tourniquet (medicine) A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.

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