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Asphyxy

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) Apparent death, or suspended animation; the condition which results from interruption of respiration, as in suffocation or drowning, or the inhalation of irrespirable gases.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Asphyxy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/asphyxy.html. 1828.