strangulated

strangulated
Constricted so as to prevent sufficient passage of air, as through the trachea, or to cut off venous return and/or arterial flow so as to compromise viability, as in the case of a hernia. [L. strangulo, pp. -atus, to choke, fr. G. strangaloo, to choke (strangle)]

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adj.
describing a part of the body whose blood supply has been interrupted by compression of a blood vessel, as may occur in a loop of intestine trapped in a hernia.

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stran·gu·lat·ed (strangґgu-lāt″əd) [L. strangulatus] congested by reason of constriction or hernial stricture, with compromise of the blood supply; see hernia.

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