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Asphyxia

Loss of consciousness due to the interruption of breathing and consequent anoxia.

📖 Definitions of "Asphyxia"

noun

1
Loss of consciousness due to the interruption of breathing and consequent anoxia.
"Asphyxia may result from choking, drowning, electric shock, or injury."
2
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.
3
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.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Asphyxia"

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Word	Definition
suffocationnoun	(uncountable) Asphyxia—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.
apneanoun	(pathology) The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.
intrapartum	During parturition (childbirth; labor).
chokingnoun	The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
asphyxiationnoun	An acute lack of oxygen.
strangulationnoun	The act of strangling or the state of being strangled.
suspended animationnoun	(science fiction) The deliberate slowing of the body's functions, sometimes by the use of cryonics, on long interstellar journeys.
anoxianoun	(ecology, pathology) A condition in which a body tissue or an environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen; severe hypoxia.
blackoutnoun	A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers.
blankoutnoun	A temporary loss of consciousness.
asystolianoun	Alternative form of asystole. [(pathology, cardiology) An absence of a systole; a failure of the heart to contract.]
comanoun	A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
anoxic eventnoun	A period of time (e.g. in Earth's history) when large expanses of ocean are depleted of dissolved oxygen.
absencenoun	A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship
asystolenoun	(pathology, cardiology) An absence of a systole; a failure of the heart to contract.
nonconsciousnessnoun	Absence of consciousness.
asystolynoun	Alternative form of asystole. [(pathology, cardiology) An absence of a systole; a failure of the heart to contract.]
anesthesianoun	(medicine, American spelling, Canadian spelling) An artificial method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain without causing loss of vital functions, by the administration of one or more agents which block pain impulses before transmitted to the brain.
unconsciousnessnoun	The state of lacking consciousness, of being unconscious
anaerobiosisnoun	(biology) Any form of life that is sustained in the absence of air (or oxygen)