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

Type of: emergency procedure

Encyclopedia: Heimlich manoeuvre