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Definition of Asphyxy
1. Noun. (medicine obsolete) asphyxiation, typically resulting in death; asphyxia ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Asphyxy
1. asphyxia [n -PHYXIES] - See also: asphyxia
Medical Definition of Asphyxy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Asphyxy
Literary usage of Asphyxy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pastoral Medicine: A Handbook for the Catholic Clergy by Alexander E. Sanford (1905)
"asphyxy. SIGNS OF DEATH. MANNERS OF DEATH. BURIAL. When all the organs of the
human body have definitely ceased to work, then death has set in. ..."
2. A Dictionary of medical terminology, dental surgery, and the collateral sciences by Chapin Aaron Harris, Ferdinand James Samuel Gorgas (1882)
"... or asphyxy produced by inhaling carbonic acid or some other irrespirable ...
electrical asphyxy, produced by a stroke of lightning or electricity. 4. ..."
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