(colloquial, derogatory) A man who is used by a woman as a shoulder to cry on and then discarded.

(medicine) An absorbent plug inserted into the nasal cavity to stem epistaxis.

plural of nasal tampon

(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.

(medicine) To plug or stop with a tampon.

plural of tamponade

a condition in which fluid accumulates in the pericardium

plural of cardiac tamponade

present participle of tamponade

simple past tense and past participle of tamponade