tourniquet
noun
tour·ni·quet
ˈtu̇r-ni-kət 
ˈtər-
ˈtər-
: a device (such as a band of rubber) that checks bleeding or blood flow by compressing blood vessels
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The deputies then fired back at Evans, striking him several times, and then immediately started to render aid, applying a tourniquet to Evans’ arm and leg and a chest seal, according to the statement.
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Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2025
In all, Biden will award the Citizens Medal to 20 people, including Diane Carlson Evans, who founded the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation, and Dr. Frank Butler, Jr., who introduced Tactical Combat Casualty Care, setting a new standard for the use of tourniquets.
—Tamara Keith, NPR, 2 Jan. 2025
Thus, like every day he's lived in the past half-decade, the song arrives like a sonic tourniquet.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 23 Dec. 2024
Alexis Scott-Windham said in an interview with NBC News on Friday that her mother, Tryphena Scott-Windham, told her friends to make a tourniquet to control her blood flow.
—NBC News, 4 Jan. 2025
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Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2025
In all, Biden will award the Citizens Medal to 20 people, including Diane Carlson Evans, who founded the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation, and Dr. Frank Butler, Jr., who introduced Tactical Combat Casualty Care, setting a new standard for the use of tourniquets.
—Tamara Keith, NPR, 2 Jan. 2025
Thus, like every day he's lived in the past half-decade, the song arrives like a sonic tourniquet.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 23 Dec. 2024
Alexis Scott-Windham said in an interview with NBC News on Friday that her mother, Tryphena Scott-Windham, told her friends to make a tourniquet to control her blood flow.
—NBC News, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Tourniquet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tourniquet. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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tourniquet
noun
tour·ni·quet
ˈtu̇r-ni-kət
ˈtər-
ˈtər-
: a device (as a band of rubber) used to stop or slow bleeding or blood flow by compressing blood vessels
Medical Definition
tourniquet
noun
tour·ni·quet
ˈtu̇r-ni-kət
ˈtər-
ˈtər-
: a device (as a bandage twisted tight with a stick) to check bleeding or blood flow
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