Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for STRAN'GU-LA-TED
STRAN'GU-LA-TED, a.
In surgery, having the circulation stopped in any part, by compression. A hernia is said to be strangulated, when it is so compressed as to obstruct the circulation in the part, and cause dangerous symptoms. – Cyc.
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