Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Strangulated"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

2. (Bot.) Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a
ligature; constricted.

{Strangulated hernia}. (Med.) See under {Hernia}.


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