 asphyxia |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (medicine) 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 | |
| Related terms: | physiological_state hypoxia hypercapnia suffocate | |
| Similar spelling: |
asphyxiate asphyxiator asphyxiated Ascaphus |
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