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.

Excessive or abnormal constriction of any kind.

The act of strangling, or the state of being strangled.

Inordinate compression or constriction of a tube or part, as of the throat; especially, such as causes a suspension of breathing, of the passage of contents, or of the circulation, as in cases of hernia.

the act of strangling or the state of being strangled