HyperDic: tamponage

English > 1 sense of the word tamponage:
NOUNstatetamponage, tamponadeblockage or closure (as of a wound / wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding)
English > tamponage: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningBlockage or closure (as of a wound / wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding).
Synonymtamponade
Narrowercardiac tamponademechanical compression of the heart resulting from large amounts of fluid collecting in the pericardial space and limiting the heart's normal range of motion
Broaderobstruction, blockageThe physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction
Spanishtaponamiento
Verbstamponplug with a tampon

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