tamponade, tamponage
(noun) blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tamponade (plural tamponades)
(medical) The use of a tampon.
(medical) A stoppage in the flow of blood in a vessel, caused either by the insertion of a tampon or by outside constriction.
tamponade (third-person singular simple present tamponades, present participle tamponading, simple past and past participle tamponaded)
(medical) To plug or stop with a tampon.
Source: Wiktionary
7 January 2025
(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
