Definition of tourniquet

nocturnal Definition: (adjective) of the night; active at night. Petersons.com

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tour·ni·quet    (trn-kt, tûr-) KEY  

NOUN:

A device, typically a tightly encircling bandage, used to check bleeding by temporarily stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French : tourner, to turn (from Old French; see turn ) + -iquet, diminutive suff. (from Old French)

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