tourniquet

[ tur-ni-kit, too r- ]

/ ˈtɜr nɪ kɪt, ˈtʊər- /

noun

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

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

Words nearby tourniquet

tournai, tournament, tournedos, tourneur, tourney, tourniquet, tournois, tours, tourtière, touré, tous-les-mois

Origin of tourniquet

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

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Examples from the Web for tourniquet

A bystander had placed a belt on his arm to act as a tourniquet.
New Orleans Shooting: I Saw the Mother’s Day Parade Gunman|Jarratt Pytell|May 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The tourniquet on the left leg went just above the knee, below which there was nothing but torn flesh and a length of bare bone.
Carlos Arredondo, Boston Marathon Hero in a Cowboy Hat, on the Bombs|Michael Daly|April 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Another Afghan police officer used a towel as a tourniquet to stop the bleeding.
Afghanistan's Troop Killers|Jessica Stone|March 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST
An Army officer then used his belt to make a tourniquet on Munley's leg.
Fort Hood Shooting: The Aftermath|The Daily Beast|November 6, 2009|DAILY BEAST

He had lost considerable blood by the time the first-aid team was able to get him out and apply a tourniquet.
The Scarlet Lake Mystery|Harold Leland Goodwin
Using a tourniquet increases the chances that the arm or leg will have to be amputated later.
In Time Of Emergency|Department of Defense
Plummer was at the window with his men at his heels even before the tourniquet was half unscrewed.
The Red Triangle|Arthur Morrison
On catching him I found that he had somehow severed an artery in his tail, and I had to improvise a tourniquet to stop the flow.
The Red Cow and Her Friends|Peter McArthur
Gangrene,—that is, the death of a limb caused by the lack of blood, which has been cut off by the tourniquet.
Manual of Military Training|James A. Moss

British Dictionary definitions for tourniquet

tourniquet

/ (ˈtʊənɪˌkeɪ, ˈtɔː-) /

noun

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

Word Origin for tourniquet

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

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Medicine definitions for tourniquet

tourniquet

[ tur′nĭ-kĭt, tûr′- ]

n.

A device, typically a tightly encircling bandage, used to check bleeding by temporarily stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.