tamponade

English

Etymology

From tampon +‎ -ade.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tæmpəˈneɪd/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

tamponade (plural tamponades)

(medicine) The use of a tampon.
(medicine) A stoppage in the flow of blood in a vessel, caused either by the insertion of a tampon or by outside constriction.

Derived terms

cardiac tamponade

Translations

The use of a tampon.

German: Tamponade (de) f

A stoppage in the flow of blood in a vessel, caused either by the insertion of a tampon or by outside constriction.

German: Tamponade (de) f
Greek: επιπωματισμός (el) m (epipomatismós)
Spanish: taponamiento m

Verb

tamponade (third-person singular simple present tamponades, present participle tamponading, simple past and past participle tamponaded)

(medicine) To plug or stop with a tampon.

Translations

To plug or stop with a tampon.

Spanish: taponar (es)

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