tourniquet.
A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.
Meaning & usage
A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.
Any of several similar methods of clamping components into position.
A turnstile.
Where this word comes from
From French tourniquet, from tourner (“to turn”).
To apply a tourniquet bandage.
Where this word comes from
From French tourniquet, from tourner (“to turn”).
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