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 was threatening in this narrow space, reduced every moment, in a medium already saturated with carbonic acid.

From Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen by Verne, Jules

Asphyxia has different effects upon different constitutions, and calls for variety in treatment.

From War by Loti, Pierre

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