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asphyxia
[ as-fik-see-uh ]
noun
- 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
- lack of oxygen in the blood due to restricted respiration; suffocation. If severe enough and prolonged, it causes death
asphyxia
/ ăs-fĭk′sē-ə /
- 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·phyxi·al adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of asphyxia1
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Example Sentences
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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