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Definition: STRANGULATED |
STRANGULATEDAdjective1. Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted. 2. Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression; as, a strangulated hernia. |
Date "STRANGULATED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Contraction | Adjective: contracting; Verb: astringent; shrunk, contracted; Verb: strangulated, tabid, wizened, stunted; waning; Verb: neap, compact. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: STRANGULATED |
| English words defined with "STRANGULATED": Celotomy. (references) |
| "STRANGULATED" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "STRANGULATED" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 85.71% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 14.29% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "STRANGULATED": strangulated hernia. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
strangulated hernia | 24 |
hernia hiatal strangulated | 7 |
hernia strangulated symptom | 3 |
hemorrhoids strangulated | 3 |
strangulated testicle | 3 |
bowel strangulated | 2 |
strangulated beatoffs | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "STRANGULATED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | beklemde breuk (strangulated hernia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i mbytur (drowned, hollow, muffled, muted, suffocated, throttled, wrecked). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | inkarcereret haemorrhoide (strangulated haemorrhoids), indeklemt hernie (strangulated hernia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | beklemde breuk (strangulated hernia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | entordita hernio (strangulated hernia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | poussée hémorroïdale (strangulated haemorrhoids), hernie étranglée (strangulated hernia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schnürte ab, abgeschnürt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | περισφιγμένη κήλη (strangulated hernia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lezárt (locked up), elzárt (barred, closed, locked, obturated, pent, turned off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ernia strozzata (strangulated hernia), emorroidi strozzate (strangulated haemorrhoids). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | toghtit (choked, foul, overwrought, strangled, tense, tense of voice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | angulatedstray hérnia estrangulada (strangulated hernia). (various references) сжимать перехваченный. (various references) estrangulado (incarcerated). (various references) стиснутий (compressed, cramped, crowded, tucked up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"STRANGULATED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: strangulare. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "STRANGULATED" (pronounced 'Stran"gu*la`ted'): Absinthiated, Acetated, Aculeated, Adfiliated, Adnubilated, Affectionated, After-witted, Aluminated, Alveated, Ammoniated, Annodated, Anserated, Antimoniated, Antiquated, Aquilated, Asteriated, Beef-witted, Bird-witted, Blunt-witted, Brecciated, Calceated, Calculated, Camisated, Cancellated, Cannulated, Carbonated, Casemated, Castellated, Cellulated, Cinque-spotted, Clavellated, Contourniated, Convoluted, Cravatted, Decucuminated, Ferruginated, Fibrillated, Figurated, Flammulated, Floriated, Fluorated, Folliculated, Foraminated, Foveolated, half-witted, hyphenated, Machicolated, Maculated, Mamillated, Marginated. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-g-l-n-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: adulterants, gastrulated, strangulate. | |
-2 letters: adulterant, gastrulate, granulated, granulates, gratulated, gratulates, translated, transudate. | |
-3 letters: alterants, angulated, angulates, auslander, gastrulae, gauntlets, graduates, granulate, gratulate, guardants, lustrated, resultant, runagates, saturated, stagnated, strangled, sultanate, tarletans, translate. | |
-4 letters: adrenals, adulates, agrestal, alterant, angulate, argental, asternal, atlantes, danglers, daunters, dentural, dragnets, gantlets, garlands, gastrula, gauntest, gauntlet, gestural, glanders, gradates, graduals. | |
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