Asphyxia, Asphyxy, n.
Etymology: [NL. asphyxia, fr. Gr. (Med.)
Apparent death, or suspended animation; the condition which results from interruption of respiration, as in suffocation or drowning, or the inhalation of irrespirable gases.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for asphyxia; he lists it under stupor.
Where he writes about it:
Asphyxia is a special form of syncope resulting from partial or total suspension of respiration, as in strangulation, drowning, or inhalation of noxious gases. — from stupor
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none given