asphyx'ia

[G. apriv. -Isphyxis, pulse.] i. Unconsciousne due to suffocation or interference of any kind with oxygenation of the blood. 2. Absence of the pulse-beat. 3. Cyanosis, local or general, through interference with the circulation, a. liv'ida, a form of a. neon a to rum in which the skin is cyanotic, but the heart is strong and the reflexes are preserved, a. neon a to'rum, a. occurring in the newborn, a. pall'ida, a form of a. of the newborn, in whicji the skin is pale, the pulse weak and slow, and the reflexes abolished, lo'cal a., stagnation of the circulation, sometimes resulting in gangrene, of a limited part, especially of the fingers; one of the symptoms, usually a ociated with local syncope, of Raynaud's disease, traumat'ic a., pre ure stasis, ecchymotic mask. *