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asphyxiatory

asphyxiatory adjective: causing or relating to asphyxiation.

Adjective

asphyxiatory (not comparable)

  1. Causing 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

Questions about asphyxiatory

What does asphyxiatory mean?
Asphyxiatory means causing or relating to asphyxiation.
What part of speech is asphyxiatory?
Asphyxiatory is an adjective.

Words near asphyxiatory in the dictionary

  1. asphyxiation
  2. asphyxiations
  3. asphyxiative
  4. asphyxiator
  5. asphyxiators
  6. asphyxiatory
  7. asphyxic
  8. asphyxied
  9. asphyxies
  10. asphyxiophilia
  11. asphyxiophiliac

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