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asphyxy
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asphyxy, n. [NL. asphyxia, fr. Gr. ; 'a priv. + to throb, beat.].
Apparent death, or suspended animation; the condition which results from interruption of respiration, as in suffocation or drowning, or the inhalation of poisonous or irrespirable gases. [1913 Webster]
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