Usually means: Emergency technique to stop choking.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word Heimlich maneuver:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. Heimlich maneuver: Merriam-Webster
  2. Heimlich maneuver: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Heimlich maneuver: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Heimlich maneuver: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Heimlich maneuver: Vocabulary.com
  6. Heimlich maneuver: Wiktionary
  7. Heimlich maneuver: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Heimlich maneuver, heimlich maneuver: Dictionary.com
  9. Heimlich Maneuver, Heimlich maneuver: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Heimlich maneuver: Rhymezone
  11. heimlich maneuver: FreeDictionary.org
  12. heimlich maneuver: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Heimlich maneuver: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. Heimlich maneuver: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Heimlich maneuver: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Heimlich maneuver: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. Heimlich maneuver: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Heimlich maneuver, Maneuver, Heimlich: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Heimlich maneuver: Merck Manuals
  5. Heimlich maneuver: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Heimlich maneuver: Medical dictionary
  7. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  8. Heimlich maneuver, Maneuver, Heimlich: Drug Medical Dictionary
  9. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. heimlich maneuver: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Heimlich maneuver)

noun:  (emergency medicine) A first aid procedure used to treat choking. The patient is lifted from behind, squeezing their diaphragm to expel air and thereby dislodging an obstruction in the windpipe.

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