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Heim·lich maneuver (hīmʹlĭk', -lĭKH')
n.
An emergency technique used to eject an object, such as food, from the trachea of a choking person. The technique employs a firm upward thrust just below the rib cage to force air from the lungs.[After Henry JayHeimlich (born 1920), American surgeon.]
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Universalium. 2010.