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Asphyxia

Asphyxia Meaning & Definition
Asphyxia Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Asphyxia?

[n] 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

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See Also | hypercapnia | hypercarbia | hypoxia | physiological condition | physiological state

Asphyxia In Webster's Dictionary

\As*phyx"i*a\, Asphyxy \As*phyx"y\, n. [NL. asphyxia, fr. Gr. ?; 'a priv. + ? to throb, beat.] (Med.) Apparent death, or suspended animation; the condition which results from interruption of respiration, as in suffocation or drowning, or the inhalation of irrespirable gases.

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