Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cardiac_tamponade
1 sense of cardiac tamponade
Sense 1
cardiac tamponade -- (mechanical compression of the heart resulting from large amounts of fluid collecting in the pericardial space and limiting the heart's normal range of motion)
=> tamponade, tamponage -- (blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding))