Strangulation

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Strangulation is used in two senses:
 * 1) Squeezing the throat with an object (throttle, hand) – according to the mechanism, we distinguish between strangulation, hanging, suffocation. Asphyxia occurs, death occurs by suffocation.
 * 2) Nerve vascular constriction – causes non-bleeding and gangrene of the affected area (intestines).
 * Bowel constriction when entering a pathological cleft.

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Source

 * http://lekarske.slovniky.cz/