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HEIMLICH MANOEUVERE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Heimlich manoeuvere mean?
• HEIMLICH MANOEUVERE (noun)
The noun HEIMLICH MANOEUVERE has 1 sense:
1. an emergency procedure to help someone who is choking because food is lodged in the trachea
Familiarity information: HEIMLICH MANOEUVERE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An emergency procedure to help someone who is choking because food is lodged in the trachea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Heimlich maneuver; Heimlich manoeuvere
Hypernyms ("Heimlich manoeuvere" is a kind of...):
emergency procedure ((medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency))
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