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nouna 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
Definition that contains asphyxia
- drown be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation
- drown die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
- suffocate be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
- stifle be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
- asphyxiated in a state of asphyxia
- resuscitator a breathing apparatus used for resuscitation by forcing oxygen into the lungs of a person who has undergone asphyxia or arrest of respiration
- asphyxiate be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
- suspended animation a temporary cessation of vital functions with loss of consciousness resembling death; usually resulting from asphyxia