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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 strangulated hernia 名詞
 絞窄疝

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Her·ni·a n.; pl. E. Hernias L. Herniae   Med. A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture.
 Strangulated hernia, a hernia so tightly compressed in some part of the channel through which it has been protruded as to arrest its circulation, and produce swelling of the protruded part. It may occur in recent or chronic hernia, but is more common in the latter.