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asphyxiated 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/asˈfiksēˌāt/,
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asphyxiated, past participle; asphyxiates, 3rd person singular present; asphyxiating, present participle; asphyxiated, past tense;
  1. Kill (someone) by depriving them of air
    • - they were asphyxiated by the carbon monoxide fumes
    • - avoiding asphyxiating government control
  2. Die in this way
    • - they slowly asphyxiated
  1. in a state of asphyxia
  2. (asphyxia) a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas
  3. (asphyxiate) smother: deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
  4. (asphyxiate) suffocate: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
  5. (asphyxiating) tending to deprive of oxygen; "asphyxiating gasses"
  6. (asphyxiation) suffocation: the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); "asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture"
  7. (Asphyxiation) Asphyxia (from Greek a-, "without" and σφύξις sphyxis, "heartbeat") is a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body that arises from being unable to breathe normally. An example of asphyxia is choking. ...
  8. (asphyxia) 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. ...
  9. (asphyxiate) To smother or suffocate someone; To be smothered or suffocated
  10. (asphyxiation) Death due to lack of oxygen; An acute lack of oxygen
  11. (asphyxia) a general term used to describe inadequate intake of oxygen by the baby.
  12. (Asphyxia) interference with circulation and oxygenation of the blood that leads to loss of consciousness.
  13. (Asphyxia) insufficient intake of oxygen.
  14. (Asphyxia) the interruption of blood gas exchange or blood flow, causing low oxygen and high carbon dioxide and acidosis to accumulate in the body.
  15. (Asphyxia) Too little oxygen & too much carbon dioxide in the blood of the foetus or baby. The most common time for asphyxia to occur is at birth.
  16. (asphyxia) a lack of oxygen due to trouble with breathing or poor oxygen supply in the air.
  17. (Asphyxia) This occurs when the blood supply does not receive enough oxygen leading to a loss of consciousness, and possible death or brain damage. ...
  18. (ASPHYXIA) Suffocation; characterized by hypercarbia and hypoxemia.
  19. (Asphyxia) Impaired or impeded breathing.
  20. (Asphyxia) Lack of oxygen. Asphyxia is one of the leading causes of brain damage in newborns that leads to Cerebral Palsy.
  21. (Asphyxia) Literally means pulselessness or severe breathlessness. This is a mode, rather than a cause of death.
  22. (asphyxia) Lack of proper blood flow and oxygen.
  23. (asphyxia) a condition of impaired gas exchange which leads, if persistant, to hypoxemia and hypercapnia; process is identified by fetal acidosis (as measured in umbilical arterial blood), which reflects the degree of anaerobic metabolism required during periods of hypoxia or increased oxygen demand
  24. (asphyxia) suffocation: a life threatening condition in which oxygen is prevented from reaching the tissues by obstruction of or damage to any part of the respiratory system. Drowning, choking, and breathing poisonous gas all lead to asphyxia. ...
  25. (asphyxiation) the extreme condition (suffocation) caused by lack of oxygen and excess of carbon dioxide in the blood, produced by interference with respiration or insufficient oxygenated air; as derived from "stopping of the pulse". ...