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Strangulated   Listen
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Strangulated  adj.  
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.





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"Strangulated" Quotes from Famous Books



... pain or uneasiness complained of, or a sensation of weakness or griping at the seat of the rupture. In case the rupture cannot be returned, it is called irreducible and is a more serious form. The great danger of hernias is the likelihood of their being strangulated, as the term is; that is, so nipped in the divided abdominal wall that the blood current is shut off and often the bowels are completely obstructed. If this condition is not speedily relieved death will ensue in from two to eight days. Such a result is occasioned, in persons having rupture, by heavy ...
— The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) • Various


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