asphyxia

Noun
  1. A condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis;
    Caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas (synset 114065905)
    is a type of: physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions
    has:
    • hypoxia - oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency
    • hypercapnia, hypercarbia - the physical condition of having the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood

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