strangulated

English

Verb

strangulated

1. simple past and past participle of strangulate

Adjective

strangulated (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression.

   a strangulated hernia

2. Strangled; affected by strangulation.
   • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 8:

     Robert at once performed the strangulated antics of one arising.

3. (botany) Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted.