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Synonyms for asphyxia

Grammar : Noun
Spell : as-fik-see-uh
Phonetic Transcription : æsˈfɪk si ə

Top 10 synonyms for asphyxia
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Définition of asphyxia

Origin :
  • 1706, "stoppage of pulse," from Modern Latin, from Greek asphyxia "stopping of the pulse," from a- "not" (see a- (3)) + sphyzein "to throb." The current sense of "suffocation" is from 1778, but it is a "curious infelicity of etymology" [OED] because victims of suffocation have a pulse for some time after breathing has stopped.
  • As in stupor : noun daze, unconsciousness
Example sentences :
  • But the asphyxia was not caused by escaping illuminating-gas.
  • Extract from : « The Silent Bullet » by Arthur B. Reeve
  • As one tells us, "such a death is frightful, it is the asphyxia of the soul!"
  • Extract from : « Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes » by J. M. Judy
  • How the devil are you to get your fellow out of that state of asphyxia?
  • Extract from : « Olla Podrida » by Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)
  • In the case of asphyxia, people often fail to effect their object.
  • Extract from : « Bouvard and Pcuchet » by Gustave Flaubert
  • The convulsions do not depend on asphyxia, and with a small dose may be absent.
  • Extract from : « Poisons: Their Effects and Detection » by Alexander Wynter Blyth
  • He had been buried by decomposed rock, and had died from asphyxia.
  • Extract from : « The Comstock Club » by Charles Carroll Goodwin
  • Animals placed in a globe full of nitrogen perish of asphyxia.
  • Extract from : « In Search of a Son » by William Shepard Walsh
  • There are three modes in which death may occur: Syncope; asphyxia; coma.
  • Extract from : « Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology » by W. G. Aitchison Robertson
  • The first sensation to return to me was a sort of repetition of the asphyxia.
  • Extract from : « The Devil Doctor » by Sax Rohmer
  • Asphyxia is from the Greek, and means an "absence of pulse."
  • Extract from : « A Practical Physiology » by Albert F. Blaisdell

Antonyms for asphyxia

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