|  asphyxia 
 
 a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis;
 caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas
 • Derivationally related forms:
 asphyxiate
 • Hypernyms:
 physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition
 • Part Meronyms:
 hypoxia, hypercapnia, hypercarbia
 
 
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