Tamponade
noun
1.
Medicine/Medical. the use of a tampon, as to stop a hemorrhage.
2.
Also called cardiac tamponade, heart tamponade. Pathology. a condition in which the heart is compressed because of an accumulation of fluid in the pericardium.
tamponade tam·pon·ade (tām’pə-nād’) or tam·pon·age (tām’pə-nĭj)
n.
The insertion or use of a tampon.
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