Usually means: Technique to expel obstructing throat objects.
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  1. Heimlich: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Heimlich, heimlich: Wordnik
  3. Heimlich: Wiktionary
  4. Heimlich: Dictionary.com
  5. heimlich: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  6. Heimlich: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Heimlich: Rhymezone
  8. heimlich: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

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  1. Heimlich: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Heimlich: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Heimlich)

▸ noun:  A surname from German.
▸ noun:  Heimlich maneuver.
▸ verb:  (perhaps informal) To perform the Heimlich maneuver (on).

Similar:
Heim, Daheim, Heimann, getter, Homann, Heimbach, Himmel, Helmig, Hintermeier, German, more...

Opposite:
abdominal thrust, back blow

Types:
abdominal thrusts, back blows, chest thrusts, more...

Phrases:
Heimlich maneuver, heimlich valve, Heimlich manoeuvre, Henry Heimlich, heimlich manoeuvere, more...



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Similar:
Heim, Daheim, Heimann, getter, Homann, Heimbach, Himmel, Helmig, Hintermeier, German, more...

Opposite:
abdominal thrust, back blow

Types:
abdominal thrusts, back blows, chest thrusts, more...

Phrases:
Heimlich maneuver, heimlich valve, Heimlich manoeuvre, Henry Heimlich, heimlich manoeuvere, heimlich maneuvers, Luke Heimlich, what the heimlich maneuver clears, more...



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