| NOUN | act | Heimlich maneuver, Heimlich manoeuvere | an emergency procedure to help someone who is choking because food is lodged in the trachea |
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| Meaning | An emergency procedure to help someone who is choking because food is lodged in the trachea. | |
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| Synonym | Heimlich manoeuvere | |
| Broader | emergency procedure | (medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency) |
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