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tourniquet
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A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.
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/ˈtɔː.nɪ.keɪ/ /ˈtɝ.nɪ.keɪ/
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noun
A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.
Any of several similar methods of clamping components into position.
A turnstile.