Hypoxia vs. Asphyxia

Hypoxianoun

(pathology) A condition in which tissues (especially the blood) are deprived of an adequate supply of oxygen; anoxia

Hypoxianoun

A reduced concentration of dissolved oxygen in an aquatic environment.

Hypoxianoun

a very strong drive resulting from a deficiency of available oxygen in the blood and bodily tissues (short of anoxia)

Asphyxianoun

Loss of consciousness due to the interruption of breathing and consequent anoxia.

Asphyxianoun

Loss of consciousness due to the body's inability to deliver oxygen to its tissues, either by the breathing of air lacking oxygen or by the inability of the blood to carry oxygen.

Asphyxianoun

A condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body leads to loss of consciousness or death. Replaced in the mid-20th century by the more specific terms anoxia, hypoxia, hypoxemia and hypercapnia.

Asphyxianoun

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

Asphyxianoun

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

Asphyxia

Asphyxia or asphyxiation is a condition of deficient supply of oxygen to the body that arises from abnormal breathing. An example of asphyxia is choking.