TOURNIQUET


Meaning of TOURNIQUET in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtu̇r-ni-kət, ˈtər- ]

noun

Etymology: French, turnstile, tourniquet, from tourner to turn, from Old French — more at turn

Date: 1695

: a device (as a band of rubber) that checks bleeding or blood flow by compressing blood vessels

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