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tamponade
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tamponade has 1 sense
- tamponade(n = noun.state) tamponage - blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding); Array is a kind of blockage, obstruction
has particulars: cardiac tamponade
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tamponade, n. compression of the heart by an accumulation of fluid in the pericardial sac.
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