Asphyxiation

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Asphyxiation \As*phyx`i*a"tion\, n.
     The act of causing asphyxia; a state of asphyxia.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  asphyxiation
       n 1: the condition of being derprived of oxygen (as by having
            breathing stopped) [syn: {suffocation}]
       2: killing by depriving of oxygen [syn: {suffocation}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  92 Moby Thesaurus words for "asphyxiation":
     abscess, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxia, asthma,
     ataxia, atrophy, backache, bleeding, blennorhea, burking, cachexia,
     cachexy, chill, chills, choke, choking, colic, constipation,
     convulsion, coughing, cyanosis, diarrhea, dizziness, dropsy,
     drowning, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema, emaciation,
     fainting, fatigue, fever, fibrillation, flux, garrote, growth,
     hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hydrops, hypertension,
     hypotension, icterus, indigestion, inflammation, insomnia, itching,
     jaundice, killing, labored breathing, liver death,
     low blood pressure, lumbago, marasmus, megadeath, nasal discharge,
     nausea, necrosis, pain, paralysis, pruritus, rash, rheum,
     sclerosis, seizure, serum death, shock, skin eruption,
     smotheration, smothering, sneezing, sore, spasm, starvation,
     stifling, strangling, strangulation, suffocation, tabes,
     tachycardia, throttling, tumor, upset stomach, vertigo,
     violent death, vomiting, wasting, watery grave