cardiac-tamponade

noun Pathology.

1. tamponade(def 2).

noun

1. Medicine/Medical. the use of a tampon, as to stop a hemorrhage.
2. Also called cardiac tamponade, heart tamponade. Pathology. a condition in which the heart is compressed because of an accumulation of fluid in the pericardium.

n.

1. The insertion or use of a tampon.

n.

1. Compression of venous return to the heart because of increased volume of fluid in the pericardium.