tourniquet

[tur-ni-kit, toor-]

noun

1. Medicine/Medical, Surgery.,  any device for arresting bleeding by forcibly compressing a blood vessel, as a bandage tightened by twisting.

2. a device for pulling the parts of a wooden piece of furniture together, consisting of a pair of twisted cords passed around the parts.

tourniquet

/ ˈtʊənɪˌkeɪ, ˈtɔː- /

noun

1. med any instrument or device for temporarily constricting an artery of the arm or leg to control bleeding

Word History and Origins

Origin of tourniquet¹

1685–95; < French, derivative of tourner to turn

Word History and Origins

Origin of tourniquet¹

C17: from French: device that operates by turning, from tourner to _turn

Example Sentences

A passerby used a belt as a tourniquet to stop him from losing too much blood, saving his life.

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Then aged 22, it was Ms Imrie's actions that were credited with saving the life of fellow passenger Paul Mitchell after she tied a tourniquet around his damaged leg.

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Adrian applied a tourniquet and pinched shut the artery in Dan's thigh to stop him bleeding to death.

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Sir David described how fellow rugby players stopped to help him, using their ties as tourniquets before he was taken to hospital for life-saving surgery.

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They had been filled with donated medical equipment from NHS organisations across London and had included ventilators, syringe pumps, tourniquets, wound dressings, blizzard blankets and personal protective equipment.

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