n. 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
The nurse used a tourniquet on her patient's arm.
The nurse used a tourniquet on her patient's arm.
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Mr. Bowser made a tourniquet for the wounded man. What is a 'tourniquet?'
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3 syllables
tour-ni-quet
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