Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . . And there die
strangled ere my Romeo comes?
Shak.
3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. "Strangle such
thoughts." Shak.
Stran"gle, v. i. To be strangled, or suffocated.
Stran"gle*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being strangled. [R.] Chesterfield.
Stran"gler (?), n. One who, or that which, strangles. "The very
strangler of their amity." Shak.
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Stran"gles (?), n. A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper
part of the throat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells.
Stran"gu*late (?), a. (Bot.) Strangulated.
Stran"gu*la`ted (?), a. 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.
Stran"gu*la`tion (?), n. [L. strangulatio: cf. F. strangulation. See
Strangle.] 1. The act of strangling, or the state of being strangled.
2. (Med.) Inordinate compression or constriction of a tube or part, as
of the throat; especially, such as causes a suspension of breathing, of
the passage of contents, or of the circulation, as in cases of hernia.
Stran*gu"ri*ous (?), a. [L. stranguriosus.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to
strangury. Cheyne.
Stran"gu*ry (?), n. [L. stranguria, Gr. &?;; &?;, &?;, a drop + &?; to
make water, &?; urine: cf. F. strangurie. See Strangle, and Urine.] 1.
(Med.) A painful discharge of urine, drop by drop, produced by
spasmodic muscular contraction.
2. (Bot.) A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a
ligature fastened tightly about it.