strangulation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
    strangling; choking; throttling.
    • no evidence that the choking was done by the accused
  2. noun the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage
  3. noun (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid
    • strangulation of the intestine

WordNet

Stran"gu*la`tion noun
Etymology
L. strangulatio: cf. F. strangulation. See Strangle.
Definitions
  1. The act of strangling, or the state of being strangled.
  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.

Webster 1913