Definitions for: Asphyxia


[n] 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



Webster (1913) Definition: As*phyx"i*a, Asphyxy As*phyx"y, n. [NL. asphyxia,
fr. Gr. ?; 'a priv. + ? to throb, beat.] (Med.)
Apparent death, or suspended animation; the condition which
results from interruption of respiration, as in suffocation
or drowning, or the inhalation of irrespirable gases.

See Also: hypercapnia, hypercarbia, hypoxia, physiological condition, physiological state

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