- Heimlich manoeuvere
- nounan emergency procedure to help someone who is choking because food is lodged in the trachea• Syn: ↑Heimlich maneuver• Hypernyms: ↑emergency procedure
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Heimlich manoeuvere
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Heimlich maneuver — noun an emergency procedure to help someone who is choking because food is lodged in the trachea • Syn: ↑Heimlich manoeuvere • Hypernyms: ↑emergency procedure … Useful english dictionary
emergency procedure — noun (medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency) • Topics: ↑medicine, ↑medical specialty • Hypernyms: ↑procedure, ↑process • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
