Anoxia vs Suffocation - What's the difference?
anoxia | suffocation |
(pathology) A condition in which a tissue or environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen, severe hypoxia.
(uncountable) 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.
(countable) A particular act of death or killing by means of asphyxia.
As nouns the difference between anoxia and suffocation
is that anoxia is a condition in which a tissue or environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen, severe hypoxia while suffocation is 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.anoxia
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(wikipedia anoxia)Noun
(-)Derived terms
* anoxicSee also
* asphyxia English terms with alpha privativessuffocation
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Noun
- A child left unattended may die of suffocation .
- The coroner reported three suffocations last week.