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asphyxia Definition


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asphyxia
noun
    1. Suffocation caused by any factor that interferes with respiration and prevents oxygen from reaching the body tissues, such as choking, drowning or inhaling poisonous gases.
Etymology: 18c: Greek, originally meaning ‘absence of pulse' from sphyxis pulse.



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