2. Also called: cardiac tamponade, heart tamponade Pathology
a condition in which the heart is compressed because of an accumulation of fluid in the pericardium
Also: tamponage
Word origin
[1885–90; tampon + -ade1]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: classified, foregut, retread, roller coaster, upsweep-ade is a suffix found in nouns denoting action or process or a person or persons acting,appearing in loanwords from French and sometimes from Spanish (cannonade; fusillade; renegade), but also attached to native stems. Other words that use the affix -ade include: blockade, escapade, lemonade, masquerade