Asphyxia

[əs'fɪksɪə] or [æs'fɪksɪə]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) 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.

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解釋/意思:

(n.) Alt. of Asphyxy

巴雷特校對

解釋/意思:

n. (lit.) suspended animation suffocation when the blood is in such a state as to render impossible a sufficiently free exchange of carbonic acid for oxygen—also Asphyx′y.—n. Asphyx′iant a chemical substance which produces asphyxia.—adj. Asphyx′iāted.—ns. Asphyxiā′tion; Asphyx′iātor.

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