tourniquet
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a gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms; set in a passageway for controlling the persons entering
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bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressuretype of:bandage, rekverband, verband, windsel, zwachtela piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
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