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TAMPONAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding)
Synonyms:
tamponade; tamponage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("tamponage" is a kind of...):
blockage; obstruction (the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tamponage"):
cardiac tamponade (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)
Derivation:
tampon (plug with a tampon)
