Strangulated

verb

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo stop flow through a vessel.

2.verbTo strangle.

3.adjectiveHaving the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression.

"a strangulated hernia"

4.adjectiveStrangled; affected by strangulation.

5.adjectiveContracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted.

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