Meaning Of The Word Tourniquet

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tourniquet
countable noun: A tourniquet is a strip of cloth that is tied tightly round an injured arm or leg in order to stop it bleeding.

tourniquet in American English
any device for compressing a blood vessel to stop bleeding or control the circulation of blood to some part, as a bandage twisted about a limb and released at intervals or a pad pressed down by a screw
noun: any device for arresting bleeding by forcibly compressing a blood vessel, as a bandage tightened by twisting

tourniquet in British English
noun: any instrument or device for temporarily constricting an artery of the arm or leg to control bleeding

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