suffocation
(sŭf″ō-kā′shŭn)
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Deprivation of air exchange, e.g., by drowning, smothering, or other forms of airway obstruction, that produces an intense sensation of air hunger.
SYN: SEE: asphyxiation
SEE: asphyxia; SEE: resuscitation; SEE: unconsciousness
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Suffocation." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745127/all/suffocation.
Suffocation. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745127/all/suffocation. Accessed November 23, 2024.
Suffocation. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745127/all/suffocation
Suffocation [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 23]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745127/all/suffocation.
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