tamponade

From tampon +‎ -ade.

• IPA^(key): /tæmpəˈneɪd/

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tamponade (plural tamponades)

1. (medicine) The use of a tampon.
2. (medicine) A stoppage in the flow of blood in a vessel, caused either by the insertion of a tampon or by outside constriction.
   • 2014 October 1, J. Sebag, editor, Vitreous: in Health and Disease, Springer, page 555:

     If a large fibrohemorrhagic complex had to be removed via a large retinectomy, a silicon oil tamponade is preferable.

tamponade (third-person singular simple present tamponades, present participle tamponading, simple past and past participle tamponaded)

1. (medicine) To plug or stop with a tampon.