Definition of asphyxia
:a lack of oxygen or excess of carbon dioxide in the body that results in unconsciousness and often death and is usually caused by interruption of breathing or inadequate oxygen supply
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Examples of asphyxia in a Sentence
The cause of death was asphyxia.
Recent Examples of asphyxia from the Web
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The medical examiner said the cause of death was asphyxia.
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More people took their own lives using firearms, followed by hanging/asphyxia, then overdose or poisoning, and jumping from a high place.
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The Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office later concluded King-Smith had died from asphyxia and a compressed neck.
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Dehydration, hyperthermia, suffocation, and mechanical asphyxia have been among the causes of death in truck cases.
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Dehydration, hyperthermia, suffocation, and mechanical asphyxia have been among the causes of death in truck cases.
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According to a news release from the county coroner’s office, Hardy died of asphyxia due to drowning, and the manner of his death was a suicide.
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The Allen County coroner’s office said in a news release Wednesday that Hardy died of asphyxia due to drowning and that the manner of his death was a suicide.
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A man who disappeared while swimming at Lakeshore Marina in Slidell on Friday (May 19) died of asphyxia by drowning and had no signs of trauma or illness, the St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office reported.
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Origin and Etymology of asphyxia
New Latin, from Greek, stopping of the pulse, from a- + sphyzein to throb
ASPHYXIA Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of asphyxia for English Language Learners
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medical : the state of not being able to breathe
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medical Definition of asphyxia
:a lack of oxygen or excess of carbon dioxide in the body that is usually caused by interruption of breathing and that causes unconsciousness — compare suffocation
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