Tourniquet Definition

to͝ornĭ-kĭt, tûr-
tourniquets
noun
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Any device or contrivance, as a bandage twisted about a limb, for compressing a blood vessel in order to stop bleeding or to control the circulation of blood to some part.
Webster's New World

Any of several similar methods of clamping components into position.

Wiktionary

A turnstile.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • compression bandage

Other Word Forms of Tourniquet

Noun

Singular:
tourniquet
Plural:
tourniquets

Origin of Tourniquet

  • French tourner to turn (from Old French turn) -iquet diminutive suff. (from Old French)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French tourniquet, from tourner (“to turn").

    From Wiktionary

Tourniquet Sentence Examples

  • If the bleeding from an arm or leg is so extreme as to be life-threatening and if it cannot be stopped by any other means, a tourniquet may be required.

  • Generalized muscle perfusion remains above normal for up to 15 minutes after tourniquet deflation.

  • Don't use a tourniquet or cut the bite open.

  • Phlebotomists usually use an elastic band as a tourniquet.

  • However, in the process of limiting further blood loss, the tourniquet also drastically deprives the limb tissues of oxygen.

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