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postural asphyxia

postural asphyxia is the alternative form of positional asphyxia.

Meaning of positional asphyxia

Noun

positional asphyxia (uncountable)

  1. A form of asphyxia which occurs when one's position prevents them from breathing adequately.

Questions about postural asphyxia

What is postural asphyxia the alternative form of?
Postural asphyxia is the alternative form of positional asphyxia.

Words near postural asphyxia in the dictionary

  1. postunification
  2. postuniform
  3. postunion
  4. postunionization
  5. postural
  6. postural asphyxia
  7. Postural Integration
  8. posturally
  9. posture
  10. posture collar
  11. posture collars

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Adapted from Wiktionary: postural asphyxia (page history and authors); positional asphyxia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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