torniquete — 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.
- turnstile noun A mechanical gate with rotating arms that lets one person through at a time, often after a ticket or payment.
Senses
torniquete 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.
- turnstile A rotating mechanical device that controls and counts passage between public areas, especially one that only allows passage after a charge has been paid.
turnstile — full definition
- noun A mechanical gate with rotating arms that lets one person through at a time, often after a ticket or payment.
- noun In logic, the "⊢" symbol used to show that a statement follows from what comes before it.