From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Strangulated \Stran"gu*la'ted\, adjective
1. (Med.) Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression; as, a strangulated hernia.
2. (Bot.) Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted.
{Strangulated hernia}. (Med.) See under {Hernia}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "strangulated": blank, blind, blind-alley, cecal, choked, choked off, clamped, closed, compressed, concentrated, condensed, consolidated, constricted, contracted, cramped, dead, dead-end, knitted, nipped, pinched, pinched-in, puckered, pursed, shut, solidified, squeezed, squeezed shut, strangled, unopen, unopened, unvented, unventilated, wasp-waisted, wrinkled
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