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Definition of Tamponade
1. Noun. Blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding).
Generic synonyms: Blockage, Obstruction
Specialized synonyms: Cardiac Tamponade
Derivative terms: Tampon
Definition of Tamponade
1. Noun. (medical) The use of a tampon. ¹
2. Noun. (medical) A stoppage in the flow of blood in a vessel, caused either by the insertion of a tampon or by outside constriction. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Tamponade
1. The insertion of a tampon. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tamponade
Literary usage of Tamponade
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diagnostic Therapeutics: A Guide for Practitioners in Diagnosis by Aid of by Albert Abrams (1910)
"tamponade. Foster's lamp-wick tampon may be employed for diagnostic purposes.
... The tamponade can substitute a pessary when uterine or ovarian support is ..."
2. A Textbook of the Science and Art of Obstetrics by Henry Jacques Garrigues (1902)
"CHAPTER I. tamponade. IF tamponade is decided on, it should be effective. To put
three or four pieces of cotton of the size of hen's eggs into the vagina in ..."
3. The Prevention and Treatment of Abortion by Frederick Joseph Taussig (1910)
"Uterine tamponade. Except where we are doubtful of our asepsis, uterine tamponade
is preferable to vaginal, since it is more certain in its effect and tends ..."
4. A Textbook of the diseases of women by Henry Jacques Garrigues (1894)
"D. tamponade.—The word tampon is French, and means a small mass of cotton or
other soft material which is carried into a wound or cavity for the purpose of ..."
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