Asphyxia may result from choking, drowning, electric shock, or injury.
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Asphyxia
/æzˈfɪksiə/
Synonyms for "asphyxia" (23 found)
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Noun(5 words)
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Noun(7 words)
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10 entriesdeath formmechanism of injurymedical conditionmode of deathneonatal conditionperinatal conditionphysical conditionphysiological conditionphysiological processphysiological state
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8 entriesairway obstructionbirth asphyxiadrowningfetal hypoxianeonatal hypoxiasmotheringstrangulationsuffocation
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6 entriesairway obstructionasphyxia mortalityhypoxic injuryneonatal asphyxiaoxygen deprivationperinatal asphyxia
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The mattress platform on Davey’s bed fell unexpectedly, “trapping her neck against the upper surface of the side panel of the bed’s base,” Chipperfield explained. “Unable to free herself, she died of positional asphyxia. One of the two gas-lift pistons was defective.”
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Hypoxaemia [...is] a deficient oxygenation of the blood; asphyxia from defective oxygenation of the blood.
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