| strangulate | <botany> Strangulated. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| strangulated | 1. <medicine> Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression; as, a strangulated hernia. 2. <botany> Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted. Strangulated hernia. <medicine> See Hernia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| strangulated hernia | An incarcerated hernia which results in lack of blood perfusion to the herniated tissue or viscera. (27 Sep 1997) |