tourniquet

tour·ni·quet

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [tur-ni-kit, too r-]
- /ˈtɜr nɪ kɪt, ˈtʊər-/
- /ˈtʊə.nɪ.keɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tur-ni-kit, too r-]
- /ˈtɜr nɪ kɪt, ˈtʊər-/

Definitions of tourniquet word

noun tourniquet Medicine/Medical, Surgery. any device for arresting bleeding by forcibly compressing a blood vessel, as a bandage tightened by twisting. 1
noun tourniquet a device for pulling the parts of a wooden piece of furniture together, consisting of a pair of twisted cords passed around the parts. 1
noun tourniquet device that restricts circulation 1
countable noun tourniquet A tourniquet is a strip of cloth that is tied tightly round an injured arm or leg in order to stop it bleeding. 0
noun tourniquet any instrument or device for temporarily constricting an artery of the arm or leg to control bleeding 0
noun tourniquet any device for compressing a blood vessel to stop bleeding or control the circulation of blood to some part, as a bandage twisted about a limb and released at intervals or a pad pressed down by a screw 0

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Origin of tourniquet

First appearance:

before 1685

One of the 48% oldest English words

1685-95; < French, derivative of tourner to turn

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Parts of speech for Tourniquet

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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tourniquet popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

tourniquet usage trend in Literature

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