/tam'peuh nayd"/ , n.
1. Med. the use of a tampon, as to stop a hemorrhage.
2. Also called cardiac tamponade, heart tamponade . Pathol. a condition in which the heart is compressed because of an accumulation of fluid in the pericardium.
Also, tamponage /tam"peuh nij/ .
[ 1885-90; TAMPON + -ADE 1 ]