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.
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)