strangulated

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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, published 1965, →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.