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
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asphyxia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state |
| Derivation | asphyxiate |
Examples of asphyxia
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Compressive asphyxia occurs when the chest or abdomen is compressed posteriorly.
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Then they decided to change the cause of death from SIDS to homicide by asphyxia.
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Two of the dead, one infant and one child, are reported to have died of asphyxia.
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A post-mortem examination found the two causes of death were asphyxia and hanging.
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He became engulfed by the grain that piled up on the ground, and died of asphyxia.
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Preliminary cause of death was compressional asphyxia with airway obstruction.
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He was a magnificent young Canadian past all hope in the asphyxia of chlorine.
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Perinatal asphyxia happens in 2 to 10 per 1000 newborns that are born at term.
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The autopsy report listed the cause of death as asphyxia, or lack of oxygen.
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- 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
- Asphyxia or asphyxiation is a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body that arises from abnormal breathing. An example of asphyxia is choking. Asphyxia causes generalized hypoxia, which affects primarily the tissues and organs...
- A condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide leads to loss of consciousness or death. ...
- A general term used to describe inadequate intake of oxygen by the baby.
- Lack of oxygen or inability of cells to use oxygen; simple asphyxia is suffocation caused by a lack of oxygen in the inhaled air; chemical asphyxia poisons the blood's ability to carry oxygen or the cell's ability to use oxygen.
- Interference with circulation and oxygenation of the blood that leads to loss of consciousness.
- Death caused by being deprived of oxygen. Can be caused by strangulation, suffocation, choking, or smothering.
- Literally means pulselessness or severe breathlessness. This is a mode, rather than a cause of death.
- Severe lack of oxygen leading to loss of consciousness and, if not corrected, death.
