strangulated

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: stran=gu=lat=ed

CIDE DICTIONARY

strangulated, a. 

•  Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression; as, a strangulated hernia.  [1913 Webster]
•  Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted.  [1913 Webster]

Strangulated hernia. (Med.) See under Hernia.

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

strangulated

Contraction

N contraction, reduction, diminution, decrease of size, defalcation, decrement, lessening, shrinking, compaction, tabes, collapse, emaciation, attenuation, tabefaction, consumption, marasmus, atrophy, systole, neck, hourglass, condensation, compression, compactness, compendium, squeezing, strangulation, corrugation, astringency, astringents, sclerotics, contractility, compressibility, coarctation, inferiority in size, contracting, astringent, shrunk, contracted, strangulated, tabid, wizened, stunted, waning, neap, compact, unexpanded &c (expand), contractile, compressible, smaller &c (small).