noun
suicidal ligature strangulation; suicide by strangulation
Technical term used in forensic or medical contexts for death caused by self-applied strangulation with a ligature.
検死の結果、死因は自絞死と判断された。
The autopsy determined the cause of death to be suicidal ligature strangulation.
扼死 is death by manual strangulation (using hands), whereas 自絞死 uses a ligature and is self-inflicted.
Compound of 自 (self), 絞 (strangle), and 死 (death). The term is a modern technical coinage for forensic use.