asphyxia

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Cause of death, according to the autopsy: Asphyxia by drowning.

From Scientific American • Apr. 28, 2022

Asphyxia would pin the blame more definitively on Mr. Chauvin, while cardiopulmonary arrest could be caused by many factors.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2021

Asphyxia is a special form of syncope resulting from partial or total suspension of respiration, as in strangulation, drowning, or inhalation of noxious gases.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin

Asphyxia is from the Greek, and means an "absence of pulse."

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.

As wooer he's dull, for his breath smells of sulphur; Asphyxia incarnate, and horrid at that!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, November 15, 1890 by Various