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asphyxia

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(pathology) A condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide leads to loss of consciousness or death. Asphyxia can be induced by choking, drowning, electric shock, injury, or the inhalation of non-toxic (or toxic) gases.

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By pouring plaster of Paris into the voids left in the ash by decomposed flesh, archaeologists have enabled us to see the last agonized gestures of the hapless victims—“the young woman lying with her head on her arm; a man, his mouth covered by a handkerchief that could not impede the inhalation of dust and poison gases; the attendants of the Forum Baths, fallen in unseemly poses of the jerks and spasms of asphyxia; . . . a mother hugging her small daughter in a last pitiful and useless embrace.”—Archeo.
Verander Hoekjw2019 jw2019
Thirty-nine people died from asphyxia, and some 30 more were injured.
Hierdie stel ' n gewone uitdrukking wat moet nie ooreenstem (Hierdie deel doen nie inderwaarheid ooreenstem enigekaraktersjw2019 jw2019
Some 90 percent of these deaths are due to just a few causes: acute neonatal conditions such as preterm birth, infections, and birth asphyxia; lower respiratory infections, primarily pneumonia; diarrhea; malaria; measles; and HIV/ AIDS.
Kort In voer Filterjw2019 jw2019
That is why this tiny individual can work only at the surface of the liquid, for if he sinks, he will die of asphyxia.
Lys Styl Beeldjw2019 jw2019
4 sinne gevind in 2 ms. Hulle kom uit baie bronne en word nie nagegaan nie.