asphyxiation

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: as=phyx=i=a=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

asphyxiation, n. 

 The act of causing asphyxia; a state of asphyxia.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

asphyxiation

abscess, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxia, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, bleeding, blennorhea, burking, cachexia, cachexy, chill, chills, choke, choking, colic, constipation, convulsion, coughing, cyanosis, diarrhea, dizziness, dropsy, drowning, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema, emaciation, fainting, fatigue, fever, fibrillation, flux, garrote, growth, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, icterus, indigestion, inflammation, insomnia, itching, jaundice, killing, labored breathing, liver death, low blood pressure, lumbago, marasmus, megadeath, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, pain, paralysis, pruritus, rash, rheum, sclerosis, seizure, serum death, shock, skin eruption, smotheration, smothering, sneezing, sore, spasm, starvation, stifling, strangling, strangulation, suffocation, tabes, tachycardia, throttling, tumor, upset stomach, vertigo, violent death, vomiting, wasting, watery grave