tourniquet
Meaning of tourniquet
noun
a device for stopping the flow of blood through a vein or artery, typically by compressing a limb with a cord or tight bandage.
late 17th century: from French, probably from Old French tournicle ‘coat of mail’, influenced by tourner ‘to turn’.
Information about tourniquet
- It is a name.
- The plural form of tourniquet is: tourniquets.
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Hyphenation of tourniquet
tourni-quet
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- tourniquet is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with tourniquet
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