CARDIAC TAMPONADE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mechanical compression of the heart resulting from large amounts of fluid collecting in the pericardial space and limiting the heart's normal range of motion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("cardiac tamponade" is a kind of...):

tamponade; tamponage (blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding))

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