Meanings
plural tamponades
- medicineA stoppage in the flow of blood in a vessel, caused either by the insertion of a tampon or by outside constriction.
If a large fibrohemorrhagic complex had to be removed via a large retinectomy, a silicon oil tamponade is preferable.
2014 October 1, J. Sebag, editor, Vitreous: in Health and Disease, Springer, page 555
present singular third person tamponades · participle present tamponading · participle past tamponaded · past tamponaded
Synonyms & antonyms
nounblockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
German Tamponade, Tamponade
- TamponadeThe use of a tampon
- TamponadeA stoppage in the flow of blood in a vessel, caused either by the insertion of a tampon or by outside constriction
Greek επιπωματισμός
- επιπωματισμός (epipomatismós)A stoppage in the flow of blood in a vessel, caused either by the insertion of a tampon or by outside constriction
Spanish taponamiento, taponar
- taponamientoA stoppage in the flow of blood in a vessel, caused either by the insertion of a tampon or by outside constriction
- taponarTo plug or stop with a tampon.
Cite this entry
tamponade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tamponade
“tamponade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tamponade. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tamponade,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tamponade.
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