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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Asphyxia

· As·phyx·i·a · IPA /æzˈfɪksiə/
01 n. Apparent death, or suspended animation; the condition which results from interruption of respiration, as in suffocation or drowning, or the…
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    Apparent death, or suspended animation; the condition which results from interruption of respiration, as in suffocation or drowning, or the inhalation of poisonous or irrespirable gases.(Med.)