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Definition asphyxia

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ??????? (asphuxía, “stopping of the pulse”): ?- (a-, “not”) + ?????? (sphúxis, “heartbeat”) (from ????-, ????? (sphúz?, “I throb”)).

Noun

asphyxia (countable and uncountable, plural asphyxias)

  1. Loss of consciousness due to the interruption of breathing and consequent anoxia.
  2. 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.
  3. (medicine, obsolete) 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.

Results 95 Words with the letters ASPHYXIA

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APHIS 10
APISH 10
HAPAX 17
PASHA 10
PYXIS 17
SPAHI 10
4 letter words with the letters ASPHYXIA 
AAHS 6
ASHY 8
AXIS 11
AYAH 8
HAPS 9
HASP 9
HAYS 8
HIPS 9
HYPS 11
PASH 9
PAYS 9
PHIS 9
PIAS 7
PISH 9
PIXY 16
PYAS 9
SHAY 8
SHIP 9
SPAY 9
SYPH 11
YAPS 9
YIPS 9
3 letter words with the letters ASPHYXIA 
AAH 5
AAS 3
AHA 5
AHI 5
AHS 5
AIS 3
ASH 5
ASP 6
AYS 5
HAP 8
HAS 5
HAY 7
HIP 8
HIS 5
HYP 10
PAH 8
PAS 6
PAX 13
PAY 8
PHI 8
PIA 6
PIS 6
PIX 13
PSI 6
PYA 8
PYX 15
SAP 6
SAX 10
SAY 5
SHA 5
SHY 7
SIP 6
SIX 10
SPA 6
SPY 8
XIS 10
YAH 7
YAP 8
YIP 8
2 letter words with the letters ASPHYXIA 
AA 2
AH 4
AI 2
AS 2
AX 9
AY 4
HA 4
HI 4
IS 2
PA 5
PI 5
SH 4
SI 2
XI 9
YA 4

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