| Strangulated 1. (a.) Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression; as, a strangulated hernia. 2. (a.) Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted. Thesaurus Entries 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 |