Found 3 items, similar to Strangulation.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: strangulation
cekikan, penjeratan, pujut
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: strangulation
strangulation
n 1: the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the
windpipe;
“no evidence that the choking was done by the
accused” [syn:
choking,
strangling,
throttling]
2: the condition of having respiration stopped by compression
of the air passage
3: (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the
flow of blood or other fluid;
“strangulation of the
intestine”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Strangulation
Strangulation
\Stran"gu*la`tion\, n. [L. strangulatio: cf. F.
strangulation. See
Strangle.]
1. The act of strangling, or the state of being strangled.
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2. (Med.) Inordinate compression or constriction of a tube or
part, as of the throat; especially, such as causes a
suspension of breathing, of the passage of contents, or of
the circulation, as in cases of hernia.
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