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strangulation(dictionary)
Erotic self-strangulation(health)

strangulation (iou)



strangulation noun. M16.
[Latin strangulatio(n-), formed as STRANGULATE: see -ATION.]
The action or process of stopping respiration by compression of the air passage, esp. by a forcible compression of the windpipe; the condition of being so strangled. M16.
Medicine. Constriction so as to stop circulation or the passage of fluids, esp. as a complication of hernia. M18.
Chiefly Biology. A strangulated part; a constriction. rare. E19.
Excessive constriction of a channel or passage. L19.