asphyxia | ||
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 |