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asphyxia

asp·hy·xia

UK/æzˈfɪksiə/ US/as-/ rare obsolete

noun

1.

a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas

Origin

Learned borrowing from New Latin asphyxia, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀσφυξία (asphuxía, “stopping of the pulse”).

Phrases

  • positional asphyxia
  • postural asphyxia

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