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Tourniquets

Scope note

Devices for arresting bleeding consisting of a bandage tightened usually with a stick or of a piece of rubber tubing. W

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000247540

Broader Terms used

<medical equipment>

Term used for

torniquets

Equivalent Terms used

tourniquet

Created

13yrs ago

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