About The Word Asphyxiation

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Asphyxiation

Asphyxiation Meaning & Definition
Asphyxiation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Asphyxiation?

[n] killing by depriving of oxygen
[n] the condition of being derprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Asphyxiation: suffocation | suffocation

Related Terms | Find terms related to Asphyxiation: abscess | ague | anemia | ankylosis | anoxia | apnea | asphyxia | asthma | ataxia | atrophy | backache | bleeding | blennorhea | burking | cachexia | cachexy | chill | chills | choke | choking | colic | constipation | convulsion | coughing | cyanosis | diarrhea | dizziness | dropsy | drowning | dysentery | dyspepsia | dyspnea | edema | emaciation | fainting | fatigue | fever | fibrillation | flux | garrote | growth | hemorrhage | high blood pressure | hydrops | hypertension | hypotension | icterus | indigestion | inflammation | insomnia | itching | jaundice | killing | labored breathing | liver death | low blood pressure | lumbago | marasmus | megadeath | nasal discharge | nausea | necrosis | pain | paralysis | pruritus | rash | rheum | sclerosis | seizure | serum death | shock | skin eruption | smotheration | smothering | sneezing | sore | spasm | starvation | stifling | strangling | strangulation | suffocation | tabes | tachycardia | throttling | tumor | upset stomach | vertigo | violent death | vomiting | wasting | watery grave

See Also | choking | hypoxia | kill | killing | putting to death | strangling | strangulation | throttling

Asphyxiation In Webster's Dictionary

\As*phyx`i*a"tion\, n. The act of causing asphyxia; a state of asphyxia.

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