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tourniquet

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈtʊə.nɪ.keɪ/Part of speech nounSorted einoqrttuuStarts with TEnds with T0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure

Word origin

From French tourniquet, from tourner (“to turn”).

Used in a sentence

  • […] Bull was in the bathroom taking his fix, clutching his old black necktie in his teeth for a tourniquet and jabbing with the needle into his woesome arm with the thousand holes;[…]
  • After he was done, Lillehei's assistants released the tourniquet around Gregory's venae cavae, allowing blood to return.

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