choke

[chōk]

1. to interrupt respiration by obstruction or compression; called also strangle.

2. the condition resulting from such interruption; called also strangulation.

stran·gle

(strang'gĕl),

To suffocate; to choke; to compress the trachea so as to prevent sufficient passage of air.

[G. strangaloō, to choke, fr. strangalē, a halter]

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strangle

(străng′gəl)

v. stran·gled, stran·gling, stran·gles

v.tr.

a. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle.

b. To cut off the oxygen supply of; smother.

v.intr.

1. To become strangled.

2. To die from suffocation or strangulation; choke.

stran′gler n.

stran·gle

(strang'gĕl)

To suffocate; to choke; to compress the trachea so as to prevent sufficient passage of air.

[G. strangaloō, to choke, fr. strangalē, a halter]

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