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Noun: Heimlich maneuver
Usage: US (elsewhere: Heimlich manoeuvre)
  1. An emergency procedure to help someone who is choking because food is lodged in the trachea
    - Heimlich manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: Heimlich maneuvers

Type of: emergency procedure

Encyclopedia: Heimlich maneuver

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