tourniquets

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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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{n} a kind of bandage, a turnstile
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A tourniquet is a strip of cloth that is tied tightly round an injured arm or leg in order to stop it bleeding. a band of cloth that is twisted tightly around an injured arm or leg to stop it bleeding (from tourner; TURN)
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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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bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure
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{i} bandage that is drawn tightly around an injury in order to slow or prevent blood loss
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An instrument for arresting hemorrhage
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It consists essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a band which is tightened by a screw or other means