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    HEIMLICH MANOEUVERE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An emergency procedure to help someone who is choking because food is lodged in the tracheaplay

    Synonyms:

    Heimlich maneuver; Heimlich manoeuvere

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("Heimlich manoeuvere" is a kind of...):

    emergency procedure ((medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency))

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