GARROT
\ɡərɹˈɒt], \ɡərɹˈɒt], \ɡ_ə_r_ɹ_ˈɒ_t]\
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A compressing bandage, tightened by twisting a small cylinder of wood, by which the arteries of a limb are compressed, for the purpose of suspending the flow of blood in cases of hemorrhage, aneurism, amputation, &c.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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