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asphyxia definition

as·phyxia (as fik′sē ə)

noun

loss of consciousness as a result of too little oxygen and too much carbon dioxide in the blood: suffocation causes asphyxia

Etymology: ModL < Gr, stopping of the pulse < a-, not + sphyzein, to throb

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