SUFFOCATION
\sˌʌfəkˈe͡ɪʃən], \sˌʌfəkˈeɪʃən], \s_ˌʌ_f_ə_k_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of SUFFOCATION
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- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Oddity Software
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A pathological condition caused by lack of oxygen, manifested in impending or actual cessation of life.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Death, or suspended animation from impeded respiration, whether caused by the inhalation of noxious gases, drowning, hanging, strangling, or smothering. The principal morbid appearances in such cases are: - the lungs of a deep-blue colour, with the blood extravasated in the air-cells; right auricle and ventricle filled with dark blood, as well as the neighbouring veins; lividity of the countenance, turgescence, and, perhaps, rupture of the vessels of the brain. Treatment of suspended animation by suffocation in general. The patient must be conveyed into a room not too warm. Blood-letting must be used, if at all, with caution; - friction must be employed with salt, or warm flannels; stimulating fluids, in a dilute state, be poured into the stomach by means of a tube, and attempts be made to inflate the lungs. Laryngotomy, if necessary.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
