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tamponade

noun
/tæmpəˈneɪd/

Etymology

From tampon + -ade.

  1. derived from *tappô✻ — “plug, tap”
  2. derived from *tappō✻ — “stopper, plug”
  3. derived from tape — “plug, bung, tap”
  4. derived from tampon
  5. borrowed from tampon
  6. formed as tamponade — “tampon + -ade”

Definitions

  1. The use of a tampon.

  2. A stoppage in the flow of blood in a vessel, caused either by the insertion of a tampon…

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

    • If a large fibrohemorrhagic complex had to be removed via a large retinectomy, a silicon oil tamponade is preferable.

  3. To plug or stop with a tampon.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA