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| Heim·lich ma·neu·ver [ hmlik mə nvər ] |
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emergency treatment for choking: an emergency method for treating choking that uses an upward thrust immediately below the breastbone to expel food or another blockage from the windpipe
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| [Late 20th century. After Henry J. Heimlich (b. 1920), U.S. surgeon] |
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