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Heimlich maneuver

Heim·lich ma·neu·ver [ hmlik mə nvər ]


noun 
Definition:
 
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

[Late 20th century. After Henry J. Heimlich (b. 1920), U.S. surgeon]
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