strangulated

Variant of strangulate

transitive verb strangulated, strangulating

  1. strangle
  2. Med. to constrict (a tube, herniated organ, etc.) so as to cut off a flow, esp. so as to cut off circulation of the blood

Origin: < L strangulatus, pp. of strangulare

intransitive verb

Med. to become constricted

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