Associations to the word «Tamponade»

Wiktionary

TAMPONADE, noun. (medical) The use of a tampon.
TAMPONADE, noun. (medical) A stoppage in the flow of blood in a vessel, caused either by the insertion of a tampon or by outside constriction.
TAMPONADE, verb. (medical) To plug or stop with a tampon.

Dictionary definition

TAMPONADE, noun. Blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats