secondary drownings

A form of secondary drowning — Asphyxiation caused by irritation of alveoli from the aspiration of liquid, after recovery from immersion into liquid, in the three-day period following the immersion episode.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of secondary drowning
Cite this entry
APA

secondary drownings. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secondary%20drownings

MLA

“secondary drownings.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secondary%20drownings. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “secondary drownings,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secondary%20drownings.

Source: secondary drownings on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.