HEIMLICH MANOEUVERE

Pronunciation (US):

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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 manoeuvere" is a kind of...):

emergency procedure ((medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency))

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