asphyxian.
/asˈfɪksɪə/ 1. literal. Stoppage of the pulse.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered pulse or circulation > [noun] > no pulse or stoppage
asphyxia1706
acrotism1822
pulselessness1822
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Asphyxia, a Cessation of the Pulse throughout the whole Body; which is the highest degree of Swooning and next to Death.
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Asphyxia, a Deficiency or Privation of the Pulse in some Cases, where it stops for a Time.
1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Asphyxia..applied also to the collapsed state in cholera, with want of pulse.
2. The condition of suspended animation produced by a deficiency of oxygen in the blood; suffocation. Also figurative.[It indicates a curious infelicity of etymology that the pulse in asphyxiated animals continues to beat long after all signs of respiratory action have ceased. New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1881.]
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the world > life > death > manner of death > [noun] > death from suffocation or choking
strangulation1542
stifling1548
suffocation1567
throttling1599
throttle1622
asphyxia1778
asphyxy1784
smotheration1826
asphyxiation1866
asphyxiating1872
melanaema1892
1778 T. Brand (title) The Cure of Asphyxis or apparent death by Drowning.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 259/1 Asphyxia may be produced by section of the spinal cord.
1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table xii. 354 Lingering asphyxia of soul.
1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) iv. 98 When a man is strangled, drowned, or choked..what is called asphyxia comes on.
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