Meanings
adjectiveasphyxiatory (not comparable)
- not comparableCausing or relating to asphyxiation.
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.
1951, Texas State Journal of Medicine, volume 47, page 74
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