tourniquet
pronunciation
How to pronounce tourniquet in British English:
UK [ˈtʊənɪkeɪ]
How to pronounce tourniquet in American English:
US [ˈtɜrnəkət]
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- Noun:
- bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure
Word Origin
- tourniquet (n.)
- 1690s, from French tourniquet "surgical tourniquet," also "turnstile" (16c.), diminutive of torner "to turn," from Old French torner (see turn (v.)).
Example
- 1. Applying a tourniquet to the wounded man 's arm .
- 2. Does the sciatic nerve approach influence thigh tourniquet tolerance during below-knee surgery ?
- 3. A tourniquet is generally not necessary for patients with peripheral vascular disease .
- 4. Mr ridley is also generally sceptical about global warming , and worries that government policies advocated by greens today will be like treating a nosebleed by putting a tourniquet around one 's neck .
- 5. The only time to use a tourniquet , says charles pattavina , md , chief of emergency medicine at st. joseph hospital in bangor , maine , is when you know that everything below the wound is beyond repair ( say , the accident has amputated your finger , arm , or leg ) .