asphyxia
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1. 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 (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state, |
| definition | : | the condition or state of the body or bodily functions (noun.state) |
| part holonym | : | hypoxia, |
| definition | : | oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency (noun.state) |
| part holonym | : | hypercapnia, hypercarbia, |
| definition | : | the physical condition of having the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate, |
| definition | : | be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | asphyxiate, choke, stifle, suffocate, |
| definition | : | impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | asphyxiate, smother, suffocate, |
| definition | : | deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate, |
| definition | : | be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | asphyxiate, choke, stifle, suffocate, |
| definition | : | impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | asphyxiate, smother, suffocate, |
| definition | : | deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing (verb.contact) |
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