strangulation

1. 1. The act of strangling or strangulating.
   2. The state of being strangled or strangulated.
2. Pathology. Constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or another fluid: strangulation of the intestine.

Choking or throttling. The arrest of respiration resulting from occlusion of the air passage or arrest of the circulation in part because of compression.

1. arrest of respiration by occlusion of the air passages.
2. impairment of the blood supply to a part by mechanical constriction of the vessels. See also colic (2), intestinal obstruction, intestinal strangulation.