asphyxiatory

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asphyxiatory (not comparable)

  1. Causing or relating to asphyxiation.
    • 1951, Texas State Journal of Medicine, volume 47, page 74:
      Seldom has the asphyxiatory effect of analgesia alone been clearly demonstrated, nor have the asphyxiatory effects of anesthetics alone, such as nitrous oxide, ether, and chloroform, been accurately appraised.