strangulate

To strangle.

To compress, constrict, or obstruct (an organ, duct, or other body part) so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid.

To be or become strangled, compressed, constricted, or obstructed.

Same as strangulated.

To strangle; in pathology, to compress so as to suppress the function of a part, as a loop of intestine, a vessel, or a nerve. See strangulated.