tamponade
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tæmpəˈneɪd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
tamponade (plural tamponades)
- (medicine) The use of a tampon.
- (medicine) A stoppage in the flow of blood in a vessel, caused either by the insertion of a tampon or by outside constriction.
- 2014 October 1, J. Sebag, editor, Vitreous: in Health and Disease, Springer, page 555:
- If a large fibrohemorrhagic complex had to be removed via a large retinectomy, a silicon oil tamponade is preferable.
Derived terms
Translations
A stoppage in the flow of blood in a vessel, caused either by the insertion of a tampon or by outside constriction.
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Verb
tamponade (third-person singular simple present tamponades, present participle tamponading, simple past and past participle tamponaded)