strangulation

The act of strangling or strangulating.

The state of being strangled or strangulated.

Constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or another fluid.

The act or state of strangling; a sudden and violent compression of the windpipe, constriction being applied directly to the neck, either around it or in the fore part, or from within the esophagus, so as to prevent the passage of air, and thereby suspend respiration and, if the constriction is prolonged, destroy life.

In pathology, the state of a part too closely constricted, as the intestine in strangulated hernia.