tourniquet
noun
tour·ni·quet
ˈtu̇r-ni-kət 
ˈtər-
ˈtər-
: a device (such as a band of rubber) that checks bleeding or blood flow by compressing blood vessels
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Alexis Scott-Windham said in an interview with NBC News on Friday that her mother, Tryphena Scott-Windham, told her friends to make a tourniquet to control her blood flow.
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NBC News, 4 Jan. 2025
Following widespread adoption of this tourniquet, deaths from extremity bleeding dropped by two-thirds.
—Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
On Thursday, tourniquets, disposable gloves, police tape and blood stains covered the sidewalk in front of the venue.
—Mike Ives, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Medics who had already arrived at the scene ran to assist the officer who was laying on the ground and another IMPD officer applied a tourniquet to Shane's gunshot wound.
—Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024
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NBC News, 4 Jan. 2025
Following widespread adoption of this tourniquet, deaths from extremity bleeding dropped by two-thirds.
—Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
On Thursday, tourniquets, disposable gloves, police tape and blood stains covered the sidewalk in front of the venue.
—Mike Ives, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Medics who had already arrived at the scene ran to assist the officer who was laying on the ground and another IMPD officer applied a tourniquet to Shane's gunshot wound.
—Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for tourniquet
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“Tourniquet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tourniquet. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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tourniquet
noun
tour·ni·quet
ˈtu̇r-ni-kət
ˈtər-
ˈtər-
: a device (as a band of rubber) used to stop or slow bleeding or blood flow by compressing blood vessels
Medical Definition
tourniquet
noun
tour·ni·quet
ˈtu̇r-ni-kət
ˈtər-
ˈtər-
: a device (as a bandage twisted tight with a stick) to check bleeding or blood flow
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