Vasocompression

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    External pressure applied to blood vessels uncountable

    "Even a vasocompression between C-Spine and mandibula during a hyperinclination trauma can lead to a dissection of the internal carotid artery (ICA) [ 1, 2 ]."

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"Even a vasocompression between C-Spine and mandibula during a hyperinclination trauma can lead to a dissection of the internal carotid artery (ICA) [ 1, 2 ]."

Etymology

From vaso- + compression.

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blood vessel

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