单词 | tourniquet |
释义 | tourniquet[ tur-ni-kit, toor- ] / ˈtɜr nɪ kɪt, ˈtʊər- / nounMedicine/Medical, Surgery. any device for arresting bleeding by forcibly compressing a blood vessel, as a bandage tightened by twisting. a device for pulling the parts of a wooden piece of furniture together, consisting of a pair of twisted cords passed around the parts. Origin of tourniquet1685–95; <French, derivative of tourner to turn Words nearby tourniquetTournai, tournament, tournedos, Tourneur, tourney, tourniquet, tournois, tour of duty, tour operator, Tours, tourtière Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tourniquetBritish Dictionary definitions for tourniquettourniquet / (ˈtʊənɪˌkeɪ, ˈtɔː-) / nounmed any instrument or device for temporarily constricting an artery of the arm or leg to control bleeding Word Origin for tourniquetC17: from French: device that operates by turning, from tourner to turn Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for tourniquettourniquet [ tur′nĭ-kĭt, tûr′- ] n.A device, typically a tightly encircling bandage, used to check bleeding by temporarily stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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