asphyxia
Loss of consciousness due to the interruption of breathing and consequent anoxiaLoss of consciousness due to the interruption of breathing and consequent anoxia.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Loss of consciousness due to the interruption of breathing and consequent anoxia.
Asphyxia may result from choking, drowning, electric shock, or injury.
(countable, uncountable)Loss of consciousness due to the body's inability to deliver oxygen to its tissues, either by the breathing of air lacking oxygen or by the inability of the blood to carry oxygen.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body leads to loss of consciousness or death. Replaced in the mid-20th century by the more specific terms anoxia, hypoxia, hypoxemia and hypercapnia.
Erstickungstod
асфикси́яasfiksíja, уду́шьеudúšʹje
- 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
Translations
7 languagesOrigin
Learned borrowing from New Latin asphyxia, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀσφυξία (aspLearned borrowing from New Latin asphyxia, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀσφυξία (asphuxía, “stopping of the pulse”).
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plural: asphyxiasWord family
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