tamponade

noun, verb — 3 senses

tamponade

noun

/tæmpəˈneɪd/

Etymology From tampon + -ade.

1

Medicine, Sciences The use of a tampon.

2

Medicine, Sciences A stoppage in the flow of blood in a vessel, caused either by the insertion of a tampon or by outside constriction.

If a large fibrohemorrhagic complex had to be removed via a large retinectomy, a silicon oil tamponade is preferable.2014 October 1, J. Sebag, editor, Vitreous: in Health and Disease, Springer, page 555:

Derived terms: cardiac tamponade, endotamponade

tamponade

verb

Etymology From tampon + -ade.

1

Medicine, Sciences To plug or stop with a tampon.

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