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Asphyxia
asphyxia
Asphyxia is death or loss of consciousness caused by being unable to breathe properly. (MEDICAL) Death was due to asphyxia through smoke inhalation. = suffocation N-UNCOUNT
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noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, stopping of the pulse, from a- + sphyzein to throb Date: 1778 a lack of oxygen or excess of carbon dioxide in the body that results in unconsciousness and often death and is usually caused by interruption of breathing or inadequate oxygen supply ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. a lack of oxygen in the blood, causing unconsciousness or death; suffocation. Derivatives asphyxial adj. asphyxiant adj. & n. Etymology: mod.L f. Gk asphuxia f. a- not + sphuxis pulse ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1706, from Mod.L., from Gk. asphyxia "stopping of the pulse," from a- "not" + sphyzein "to throb." The current sense is from 1778, but it is a misnomer since victims of suffocation have a pulse for some time after breathing has stopped. Asphyxiate is first recorded 1836, originally transitive. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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