tamponade

Also tam·pon·age

[tam-puh-neyd]

noun

1. Medicine/Medical.,  the use of a tampon, as to stop a hemorrhage.

2. Also called cardiac tamponade,. Also called heart tamponade. Pathology.,  a condition in which the heart is compressed because of an accumulation of fluid in the pericardium.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tamponade¹

First recorded in 1885–90; tampon + -ade ¹

Example Sentences

Soon after, consultants started battling to save Ms Abdelkarim's life by inserting a uterine tamponade balloon - a balloon inflated inside the uterus to stop bleeding - and they performed a hysterectomy.

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In evidence, it was said Cassian died from a cardiac tamponade, which is when fluid builds up in the space around the heart, eventually preventing it from pumping.

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The tamponade is inserted into the wound, and the actuator is then connected and switched on to inflate and fill the wound.

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So Path developed a simple device called a uterine balloon tamponade that even a remote clinic can use to save some of these lives.

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Doctors later determined that she had developed a condition called cardiac tamponade, and it probably started during that first deterioration in the hospital.

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