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ASPHYXIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("asphyxia" is a kind of...):
physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)
Meronyms (parts of "asphyxia"):
hypoxia (oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency)
hypercapnia; hypercarbia (the physical condition of having the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood)
Derivation:
asphyxiate (be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen)
asphyxiate (impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of)
asphyxiate (deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing)
