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asphyxia

[ as-fik-see-uh ]

noun

, Pathology.
  1. the extreme condition caused by lack of oxygen and excess of carbon dioxide in the blood, produced by interference with respiration or insufficient oxygen in the air; suffocation.


asphyxia

/ æsˈfɪksɪə /

noun

  1. lack of oxygen in the blood due to restricted respiration; suffocation. If severe enough and prolonged, it causes death


asphyxia

/ ăs-fĭksē-ə /

  1. A condition characterized by an extreme decrease in the amount of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase of carbon dioxide, caused by an an inability to breathe. Asphyxia usually results in loss of consciousness and sometimes death.


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Derived Forms

  • asˈphyxial, adjective

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Other Words From

  • as·phyxi·al adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of asphyxia1

First recorded in 1700–10; from New Latin, from Greek asphyxía “a stopping of the pulse,” equivalent to a- a- 6 + sphýx(is) “pulse” + -ia -ia

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Word History and Origins

Origin of asphyxia1

C18: from New Latin, from Greek asphuxia a stopping of the pulse, from a- 1+ sphuxis pulse, from sphuzein to throb

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Example Sentences

“When the mom has covid and ends up with breathing problems, the baby could go into asphyxia in utero,” Pinheiro says.

The legislation precludes most parents from suing their doctor and hospital in the event their child is born with severe brain damage as the result of oxygen deprivation or asphyxia during delivery.

In their opening statement, prosecutors said they would make the case that Floyd died of asphyxia, or insufficient oxygen, which was not mentioned in the county report.

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Langenfeld said that based on the information he had, asphyxia was “more likely than other possibilities” to have caused Floyd’s cardiac arrest.

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The law bars parents like Jean and Ruth Jacques from pursuing lawsuits against doctors and hospitals when a baby is born with catastrophic, even fatal, brain damage from oxygen deprivation or asphyxia during childbirth.

Homicidal violence including blunt force injury, sharp force injury, asphyxia, and gunshot wounds cannot be excluded.

A doctor in Benghazi said Stevens died of "severe asphyxia" from smoke inhalation that had caused bleeding in his lungs.

Madame Rondet has, in the present century, invented a tube to be used in cases of restoration from asphyxia.

It is feared that a sudden rush of science to the female brain would produce asphyxia in the female heart.

During asphyxia by submersion the higher consciousness enters into a minute study of the life now running to its close.

Of course he walked directly into the opening, and was dragged out in a condition of asphyxia.

He had been buried by decomposed rock, and had died from asphyxia.

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