| NOUN | state | asphyxia | a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis |
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| Meaning | 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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| Parts | hypercapnia, hypercarbia | The physical condition of having the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood |
| hypoxia | oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency | |
| Broader | physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition | The condition or state of the body or bodily functions |
| Spanish | asfixia | |
| Catalan | asfíxia | |
| Adjectives | asphyxiated | in a state of asphyxia |
| Verbs | asphyxiate | be asphyxiated |
| asphyxiate | deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing | |
| asphyxiate | impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | |
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