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Definition of Asphyxiation
1. Noun. The condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped). "Asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture"
Generic synonyms: Hypoxia
Derivative terms: Asphyxiate, Asphyxiate, Asphyxiate, Suffocate, Suffocate
2. Noun. Killing by depriving of oxygen.
Generic synonyms: Kill, Killing, Putting To Death
Specialized synonyms: Choking, Strangling, Strangulation, Throttling
Derivative terms: Asphyxiate, Asphyxiate, Suffocate, Suffocate
Definition of Asphyxiation
1. n. The act of causing asphyxia; a state of asphyxia.
Definition of Asphyxiation
1. Noun. Death due to lack of oxygen. ¹
2. Noun. An acute lack of oxygen. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Asphyxiation
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Asphyxiation
1. The production of, or the state of, asphyxia. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asphyxiation
Literary usage of Asphyxiation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Irritability: A Physiological Analysis of the General Effect of Stimuli in by Max Verworn (1913)
"asphyxiation, fatigue, heat depression, as a consequence of restriction of ...
asphyxiation of living substance when oxygen is present during narcosis. ..."
2. A Manual of personal hygiene: Proper Living Upon a Physiological Basis by Walter Lytle Pyle (1917)
"asphyxiation from Smoke.—To pass through sulphur fumes or smoke, ... asphyxiation
from the inhalation of illuminating gas requires speedy removal into the ..."
3. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1897)
"... remained obdurate, and when the dawn revealed the terrible result of those
long hours of maddening heat, intolerable thirst, and slow asphyxiation, ..."
4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1897)
"... intolerable thirst, and slow asphyxiation, one hundred and twenty-three were
dead, and twenty-three pale, haggard men stood raving with delirium or ..."
5. Advanced First-aid Instructions for Miners: A Report on Standardization by George H. Halberstadt, United States Bureau of Mines, August F. Knoefel, William Aloysius Lynott, Walter Scott Rountree, Matthew Joseph Shields (1917)
"SUFFOCATION OB asphyxiation. A victim of suffocation or asphyxiation becomes
unconscious, his lips and ear lobes become blue, his pulse and breathing stop, ..."
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