strangulation has definitions from the field of pathology
1
[ noun ] the act of suffocating by constricting the windpipe

Examples

"no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"

2
[ noun ] the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage

Related terms

disorder strangle

3
[ noun ] (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid

Examples

: "strangulation of the intestine"

Related terms

constriction pathology

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