1. tamponade - Noun
2. tamponade - Verb
(medicine) The use of a tampon.
(medicine) A stoppage in the flow of blood in a vessel, caused either by the insertion of a tampon or by outside constriction.
tamponade (third-person singular simple present tamponades, present participle tamponading, simple past and past participle tamponaded)
(medicine) To plug or stop with a tampon.