Definition of Tournequet
Tour"ni*quet (?), n. [F., fr. tourner
to turn.] (Surg.) An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It
consists essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a
band which is tightened by a screw or other means.
Tour"ni*quet (?), n. [F., fr. tourner
to turn.] (Surg.) An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It
consists essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a
band which is tightened by a screw or other means.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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