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tamponade
[ tam-puh-neyd ]
noun
- Medicine/Medical. the use of a tampon, as to stop a hemorrhage.
- Also called cardiac tamponade, Pathology. a condition in which the heart is compressed because of an accumulation of fluid in the pericardium.
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