EGAVE

strangulated

About 0.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb simple past and past participle of strangulate
  2. adjective Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression.
    a strangulated hernia
  3. adjective Strangled; affected by strangulation.
  4. adjective Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted.

Similar words

constricted tourniqueted ligatured constringent pinched constrictive quarred straitened strict choked

Often followed by

hernia by inguinal femoral hernias bowel and loop in

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