NOUN
  • Definition - Loss of consciousness due to the interruption of breathing and consequent anoxia.
  • Example - Asphyxia may result from choking, drowning, electric shock, or injury.
  • Definition - Loss of consciousness due to the body's inability to deliver oxygen to its tissues, either by the breathing of air lacking oxygen or by the inability of the blood to carry oxygen.
  • Example - Asphyxia may result from choking, drowning, electric shock, or injury.
  • Definition - A condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body leads to loss of consciousness or death. Replaced in the mid-20th century by the more specific terms anoxia, hypoxia, hypoxemia and hypercapnia.
  • Example - Asphyxia may result from choking, drowning, electric shock, or injury.
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8 Letter Words
asphyxia 23
5 Letter Words
hapax 17 pyxis 17 ayahs 11 aphis 10 apish 10 pasha 10 spahi 10 paisa 7
4 Letter Words
pixy 16 hyps 12 syph 12 axis 11 ashy 10 ayah 10 hays 10 hiya 10 shay 10 haps 9 hasp 9 hips 9 pash 9 pays 9 phis 9 pish 9 pyas 9 ship 9 spay 9 yaps 9 yips 9 aahs 7 ahis 7 pias 6
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2 Letter Words
ax 9 xi 9 ah 5 ay 5 ha 5 hi 5 sh 5 ya 5 pa 4 pi 4 aa 2 ai 2 as 2 is 2 si 2
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