ASPHYXIA

(Lat.), n. f. A?s(a3s)-fi?x(fu°x)'i?-a8, Gr., éobv£ia (from a priv., and agugei, to puisate, or obits vynds], puisation). Fr., asphyrie. Ger., Asphyxie, Pulslosigkeit, Scheintod. It., asfi ia. Sp., esfixia. 1. Anciently, any condition attended with sudden ce ation or weakne of the pulse. [A,387.] 2 As now used, a state of suspended animation caused by impeded respiration, as by aaa tion, smothering, submersion, or the inhalation of an irrespirable gas. 3. In botany, that condition of a 188,J—A. for minus man THE ASPHODEL US RAMOSUS. [B, 172.] A. con gelato rum. immersorum.—A. electric a. ning. |L, 120.]—A. ex compre u. h 66. … ex corpore superineubante. A. from overlying. [M, 66.]—A. ex obturatis spiritus itineribus. A. from occlusion of the air-pa ages. [M, 66.]—A. ex suspendlo. See A. suspensorum,—A. ex vaporibus pest i fer is. See A. a fum is.—A. flatulent a. See APOPLEX I A flatulent a.—A. for lea rio rum, A. fum is. See A, a fum is—A. hysteric a. Sudden lo of consciousne due to hysteria. [L, 132,]—A. Idiopathic a. See Idio- ‘pathic a.—A. Immersorum [Morgagni]. A. due to submersion, apparent death by drowning. [L, 132.|—A. lethargic a. A state oF mental and bodily torpor with deep, quiet sleep. [L, 83.)—A. livid a. That form or stage of suspended animation in which the skin is dusky-red or cyanotic, the cutaneous ve els being turgid with blood, and the reflex contractility of the muscles is preserved. [A, 22.]—A. local is. See Local a.—A. localls cum gangræna symmetric a. Fr., asphyzie locale dvec gangrene symétrique. Syn.: Raynaud’s disease, Raynaud’s symmetrical gangrene. A general nervous disease, specially characterized by local disorders of the circulation (in the form of ischæmia, cyanosis, or rub or) of the skin, affecting particularly the extremities, and attended with severe pain, together with Symmetrical gangrene of the ends of the fingers or toes, and sometimes also of the nose, ears, or other parts. [Raynaud, * De l’asphyxie locale et de la gangréne symétrique des extrémités.” ‘Thése de Paris, 1862 (G, 75),]—A. mephitic a, A. must a. See À. a fum is.—A. neon a to rum. Fr., asphyxie (ou mort apparente) des nouveau-nés. Ger., Scheintod Neugeborenen. It., asfi ia det neonati. Sp., asfixia de los recien nacidos. Suspended animation of the new-born; a condition in which the respiratory muscles do not act, or act imperfectly, and consequently breathing does not take place, although the heart may be acting with regularity. It is met with under two forms, a. livid a and a. pallid a (q. v.). (A, 22; D, 29.)-A. neophytorum, A. of the new-born. See A. neon a forum.—A. pallid a. That form or stage of suspended animation in which the surface is cold and pallid, and the reflex contractility of the muscles is lost. [A, 22.]— A. pestilent a. Asiatic CHOLERA.—A. sider a to rum. Apparent death from sunstroke or from a stroke of lightning. [| 132.]—A. spinal is [Duhamel]. Death from extravasation into the spinal canal. [L, 132.]—A. str an gula to rum, A. suffocation is. A. from suffocation. [L, 83.]—A. suspensorum. A. from sus- Renken (hanging), [L, 182.]—A. traumatic a [Bolin]. Apparent