Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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strangulation | Yes | No | No | No |
constriction | Yes | No | No | No |
strangulation (noun) | constriction (noun) |
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the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe | the action or process of compressing |
(pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid | a tight feeling in some part of the body |
the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage | tight or narrow compression |
a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel |