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		Definition of asphyxia in English: asphyxianoun əsˈfɪksɪəæsˈfɪksiə mass nounA condition arising when the body is deprived of oxygen, causing unconsciousness or death; suffocation.  Example sentencesExamples -  About one case will be associated with genuine perinatal asphyxia.
 -  The remaining cases included asphyxia, aspiration, sepsis, and unknown cause.
 -  These babies are malnourished and are prone to asphyxia before and during labour.
 -  The most serious acute consequence of inhalant abuse is death, which usually occurs secondary to aspiration, accidental trauma, or asphyxia.
 -  The cause of death was asphyxia and blunt force injuries.
 -  Perinatal asphyxia is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the neonatal period.
 -  No concurrent or contributory cause of the brain damage is established, the only candidate apart from birth asphyxia being some prenatal pathology.
 -  Substantial increases were noted for deaths due to asphyxia, sudden infant death syndrome, infection, and external causes.
 -  The final death certificate that came from the Pentagon some time later said it was death by asphyxia and is being investigated as a homicide.
 -  In old times it used to be given as an injection for such conditions as cerebral concussion and asphyxia from drowning.
 -  The cause of death was asphyxia and a blood alcohol level showed he was just over the legal drink drive limit.
 -  The patient had a history of perinatal asphyxia.
 -  An autopsy indicated the man died from blunt force injuries and asphyxia.
 -  In the United States and more developed regions of the world, trained health care professionals can rapidly take steps to treat asphyxia.
 -  A post-mortem examination established the cause of death was asphyxia.
 -  While asphyxia during delivery still causes some fetal deaths, it is not a common cause of these losses.
 -  Until recently, it was widely believed that asphyxia (lack of oxygen) during a difficult delivery was the cause of most cases of cerebral palsy.
 -  They were transferred to our neonatal intensive care unit with a presumptive diagnosis of perinatal asphyxia.
 -  Similarly, many instances of intrapartum asphyxia resulting in stillbirth were of babies who were already growth restricted.
 -  It lists these as birth asphyxia, birth trauma and low birth weight - the conditions that arise in the perinatal period.
 
 
 Derivatives   adjectiveəsˈfɪksɪəlæˈsfɪksiəl  The authors believe that sofa sharing may cause asphyxial suffocation.  Example sentencesExamples -  In spite of these considerations it is critical to note that asphyxial insults in the perinatal period do not account for the majority of infants with brain injury in early childhood.
 -  He said the haemorrhages also raised concern: ‘They are usually associated with such things as strangular and asphyxial causes of death.’
 -  He agrees this was an asphyxial death, and the prosecution submits this was by neck compression.
 -  The bleeding may have been the result of ‘some sort of asphyxial process such as compression or obstruction of the neck or air passage’, he suggested.
 
 
 noun & adjective əsˈfɪksɪənt  Although hydrogen is odorless and nontoxic, it is classified as a simple asphyxiant.  Example sentencesExamples -  As well as the nuisance factor of smells from H 2 S and organic compounds, there is the safety aspect: landfill gas is an asphyxiant, and is explosively flammable when mixed with air.
 -  Hydrogen sulfide is highly toxic and can be rapidly fatal, inasmuch as it acts as both an irritant and an asphyxiant.
 -  The author has done justice to the chapters covering specific poisons such as corrosive poison, irritant poisons, neurotoxic poisons, cardiovascular poisons and asphyxiants.
 -  The fire brigade established the gas was an asphyxiant, which takes oxygen out of the air, but is not a fire risk.
 
 
 
 Origin   Early 18th century (in the sense 'stopping of the pulse'): modern Latin, from Greek asphuxia, from a- 'without' + sphuxis 'pulse'.    Definition of asphyxia in US English: asphyxianounæsˈfɪksiəasˈfiksēə A condition arising when the body is deprived of oxygen, causing unconsciousness or death; suffocation.  Example sentencesExamples -  Until recently, it was widely believed that asphyxia (lack of oxygen) during a difficult delivery was the cause of most cases of cerebral palsy.
 -  It lists these as birth asphyxia, birth trauma and low birth weight - the conditions that arise in the perinatal period.
 -  The most serious acute consequence of inhalant abuse is death, which usually occurs secondary to aspiration, accidental trauma, or asphyxia.
 -  They were transferred to our neonatal intensive care unit with a presumptive diagnosis of perinatal asphyxia.
 -  An autopsy indicated the man died from blunt force injuries and asphyxia.
 -  The cause of death was asphyxia and blunt force injuries.
 -  The cause of death was asphyxia and a blood alcohol level showed he was just over the legal drink drive limit.
 -  A post-mortem examination established the cause of death was asphyxia.
 -  Substantial increases were noted for deaths due to asphyxia, sudden infant death syndrome, infection, and external causes.
 -  The remaining cases included asphyxia, aspiration, sepsis, and unknown cause.
 -  About one case will be associated with genuine perinatal asphyxia.
 -  The patient had a history of perinatal asphyxia.
 -  The final death certificate that came from the Pentagon some time later said it was death by asphyxia and is being investigated as a homicide.
 -  No concurrent or contributory cause of the brain damage is established, the only candidate apart from birth asphyxia being some prenatal pathology.
 -  Similarly, many instances of intrapartum asphyxia resulting in stillbirth were of babies who were already growth restricted.
 -  In the United States and more developed regions of the world, trained health care professionals can rapidly take steps to treat asphyxia.
 -  While asphyxia during delivery still causes some fetal deaths, it is not a common cause of these losses.
 -  Perinatal asphyxia is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the neonatal period.
 -  In old times it used to be given as an injection for such conditions as cerebral concussion and asphyxia from drowning.
 -  These babies are malnourished and are prone to asphyxia before and during labour.
 
 
 Origin   Early 18th century (in the sense ‘stopping of the pulse’): modern Latin, from Greek asphuxia, from a- ‘without’ + sphuxis ‘pulse’.     |