tourniquet

A device, typically a tightly encircling bandage, used to check bleeding by temporarily stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.

A turnstile.

An instrument for arresting the passage of blood through an artery by means of compression effected with a screw. It is used to control hemorrhage temporarily, as in surgical operations on a limb, or to check the force of the blood-current in cases of aneurismal or other vascular tumors.

An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a band which is tightened by a screw or other means.

A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.

Any of several similar methods of clamping components into position.

A turnstile.

bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure