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strangulation

Syllabification: (stran·gu·la·tion)
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Definition of strangulation

noun

  • 1the action or state of strangling or being strangled:death due to strangulation
  • 2 Medicine the condition in which circulation of blood to a part of the body (especially a hernia) is cut off by constriction.

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