noun Download 🔗Share Loss of consciousness due to the interruption of breathing and consequent anoxia. Examples : "Asphyxia may result from choking, drowning, electric shock, or injury." medicine physiology body disease Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The firefighter pulled the child from the smoke-filled house, but sadly, the child died from asphyxia caused by the lack of oxygen. " medicine physiology body disease condition anatomy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The firefighter pulled the child from the burning building, but sadly, the child died from asphyxia due to smoke inhalation. " medicine physiology disease condition body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading