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HEIMLICH MANEUVER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An emergency procedure to help someone who is choking because food is lodged in the trachea
Synonyms:
Heimlich maneuver; Heimlich manoeuvere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("Heimlich maneuver" is a kind of...):
emergency procedure ((medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency))