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ASPHYXIA (Gr. a- priv., a fn ts, a pu...

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 769 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ASPHYXIA (Gr. a- priv., a fn ts, a See also:pulse) , a See also:term in See also:medicine, literally signifying loss of pulsation, which is applied to describe the See also:arrestment of the See also:function of respiration from some hindrance to the entrance of See also:air into the lungs .

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