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Verb
/ˈstraNGgyəˌlāt/,
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strangulates, 3rd person singular present; strangulated, past tense; strangulated, past participle; strangulating, present participle;
  1. Prevent circulation of the blood supply through (a part of the body, esp. a hernia) by constriction
    • - a strangulated hernia
  2. Strangle; throttle
    • - the poor woman died strangulated
  3. Sounding as though the speaker's throat is constricted
    • - a strangulated cry
  1. strangle: kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"
  2. constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air
  3. become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate"
  4. (strangulation) choking: the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"
  5. (strangulation) the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage
  6. Strangulating is the process of constricting blood vessels which cause arrest in the flow of blood to a tissue.
  7. (Strangulation (bowel)) Bowel infarction or 'bowel death' results from a severely restricted blood supply to part of the bowel; this can in turn be due to an uncorrected bowel twist or bowel strangulation, or to occlusion of one of the mesenteric arteries.
  8. (Strangulatory) Strangling is compression of the neck that may lead to unconsciousness or death by causing an increasingly hypoxic state in the brain.Ernoehazy, William; Ernoehazy,WS. . www.emedicine.com. URL last accessed March 3, 2006. ...
  9. (Strangulation) Interruption of tubular flow. Lenghtly strangulation of blood vessels or the trachea (windpipe) may result in death.
  10. (strangulation) pressure on the hernial contents may compromise blood supply (especially veins, with their low pressure, are sensitive, and venous congestion often results) and cause ischemia, and later necrosis and gangrene, which may become fatal.