tamponaden.
1. Surgery. The application of a tampon or tampons.
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tamponade1890
tamponmentc1904
1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II Tamponade, the application of tampons.
1900 Lancet 27 Oct. 1191/1 He suggested free opening and curetting with patient and prolonged flushing and subsequent gauze tamponade.
2. Pathology. Interference with the action of the heart by an excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in the pericardial sac.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of heart > [noun] > blockage or stoppage
syncopec1400
syncopation1547
asystole1870
asystolism1870
cardiac arrest1873
arrest1883
heart block1903
tamponade1932
cardiac1972
1930 Beck & Cox in Arch. Surg. XXI. 1039 The tamponade effect produced by atmospheric pressure may be excited in various types of operation... In the selection of cases for operation, the heart should possess a certain reserve power capable of withstanding this tamponade effect.]
1932 Southern Med. Jrnl. (U.S.) 25 785/1 Blood is trapped in the pericardial sac, producing heart tamponade.
1962 Lancet 8 Dec. 1195/2 In view of the poor response to external massage and the probability of cardiac tamponade, left anterior thoracotomy was undertaken.
1974 Thornton & Levy Techniques Anaesthesia vi. 170 Tamponade may develop following open heart surgery.
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