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Webster 1913 Edition

Asphyxiation

As-phyxˊi-a′tion

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Noun.

The act of causing asphyxia; a state of asphyxia.

Definition 2024

asphyxiation

asphyxiation

English

Noun

asphyxiation ‎(plural asphyxiations)

Death due to lack of oxygen.
An acute lack of oxygen.

Translations

Death due to lack of oxygen

Dutch: verstikking (nl) f
Finnish: tukehtumiskuolema
German: Erstickung f

Slovene: zadušitev f
Spanish: asfixia (es) f

An acute lack of oxygen

Finnish: tukehtuminen
German: Sauerstoffmangel (de) m

Norwegian: oksygenmangel m
Spanish: asfixia (es) f
Swedish: kvävning