See Also: tourniquet(medicine)
tourniquet(dictionary)
tourniquet(dictionary)
Dupuytren's tourniquet(medicine)
Esmarch tourniquet(medicine)
Rummel tourniquet(medicine)
tourniquet poditis(medicine)
tourniquet test(medicine)

tourniquet (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: 'turnstile, tourniquet', from tourner; TURN1]
a band of cloth that is twisted tightly around an injured arm or leg to stop it bleeding