Strangulated

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Strangulated \Stran"gu*la`ted\, a.
     1. (Med.) Having the circulation stopped by compression;
        attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused
        by constriction or compression; as, a strangulated hernia.
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     2. (Bot.) Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a
        ligature; constricted.
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     {Strangulated hernia}. (Med.) See under {Hernia}.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "strangulated":
     blank, blind, blind-alley, cecal, choked, choked off, clamped,
     closed, compressed, concentrated, condensed, consolidated,
     constricted, contracted, cramped, dead, dead-end, knitted, nipped,
     pinched, pinched-in, puckered, pursed, shut, solidified, squeezed,
     squeezed shut, strangled, unopen, unopened, unvented, unventilated,
     wasp-waisted, wrinkled