ASPHYXIA


Meaning of ASPHYXIA in English

[as.phyx.ia] n [NL, fr. Gk, stopping of the pulse, fr. a- + sphyzein to throb] (1778): a lack of oxygen or excess of carbon dioxide in the body that is usu. caused by interruption of breathing and that causes unconsciousness

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