tourniquet
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tourniquet
- /ˈtʊə.nɪ.keɪ/ UK
- /ˈtɔː.nɪ.keɪ/ UK
- /ˈtɝ.nɪ.kɪt/ US
- /ˈtʊɚ.nɪ.kɪt/ US
- /ˈtɝ.nɪ.keɪ/ US
- /ˈtɝnɪki/ Canada
Where it comes from
From French tourniquet, from tourner (“to turn”).
noun tourniquets
- A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb. His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill;[…].
- Any of several similar methods of clamping components into position.
- A turnstile.
verb tourniquets · tourniqueting · tourniquetting · tourniqueted · tourniquetted
- To apply a tourniquet bandage.
Translations
Every language
noun a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
| Español | torniquete, garrote |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 지혈대 jihyeoldae |
| 日本語 | 止血帯 shiketsutai |
| 中文 | 止血帶 /止血带 zhǐxuèdài |
| Português | torniquete |
| Français | garrot, tourniquet |
| Deutsch | Tourniquet, Aderpresse, Stauschlauch |
| Italiano | laccio emostatico |
| Русский | жгут žgut |
| Tiếng Việt | garô |
| العربية | عاصِبَة ʕāṣiba |
| עברית | חוֹסֵם עוֹרְקִים khosém 'or'kím |
Talk about this word "tourniquet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tourniquet. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tourniquet. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tourniquet "tourniquet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tourniquet.Cite this
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title = {tourniquet},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tourniquet},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
