stran·gu·la·tion 
(străng′gyə-lāshən)
(străng′gyə-lāshən)n.
1.
a. The act of strangling or strangulating.
b. The state of being strangled or strangulated.
2. Medicine Constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or another fluid: strangulation of the intestine.