TAMPONADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tamponade mean? 

• TAMPONADE (noun)
  The noun TAMPONADE has 1 sense:

1. blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding)

  Familiarity information: TAMPONADE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAMPONADE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

tamponade; tamponage

Hypernyms ("tamponade" is a kind of...):

blockage; obstruction (the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tamponade"):

cardiac tamponade (mechanical compression of the heart resulting from large amounts of fluid collecting in the pericardial space and limiting the heart's normal range of motion)

 Context examples 

Cardiac tamponade should usually be documented by either: Echocardiogram showing pericardial fluid and signs of tamponade such as right heart compromise, or systemic hypotension due to pericardial fluid compromising cardiac function.

(Cardiac Tamponade, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Clinical presentation includes pericardial effusion, congestive heart failure, a mass or cardiac tamponade.

(Pericardial Malignant Mesothelioma, NCI Thesaurus)

Problems with the pericardium include: • Pericarditis - an inflammation of the sac • Pericardial effusion - the buildup of fluid in the sac • Cardiac tamponade - a serious problem in which buildup of fluid in the sac causes problems with the function of the heart

(Pericardial Disorders, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)