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torniquete
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tourniquet.

(Of the Br. tourniquet).

1. m. device with several bars rotating so that people become one by one, in order to facilitate its control.

2. m. surgical instrument to avoid or contain the hemorrhage in operations and injuries of the extremities.

3. m. angular lever of iron, which serves to communicate the movement of the handle to the Bell.











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