asphyxiating

asphyxiating — adjective tending to deprive of oxygen asphyxiating gasses • Similar to: ↑breathless, ↑dyspneic, ↑dyspnoeic, ↑dyspneal, ↑dyspnoeal …   Useful english dictionary

asphyxiating — SYN: asphyxiant (1) …   Medical dictionary

asphyxiating — adj. inclined to deprive of oxygen; suffocating as·phyx·i·ate || É™s fɪksɪeɪt v. suffocate; be suffocated …   English contemporary dictionary

asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy — (ATD) a genetically heterogeneous, autosomal recessive syndrome characterized by chondrodystrophy of the rib cage that usually causes asphyxia early in the newborn period, in association with defects of the phalanges and pelvis. It can be caused… …   Medical dictionary

asphyxiating gases — gases which cause suffocation …   English contemporary dictionary

thoracic-pelvic-phalangeal dystrophy — asphyxiating thoracic d …   Medical dictionary

Jeune syndrome — asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy …   Medical dictionary

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dystrophy — Progressive changes that may result from defective nutrition of a tissue or organ. SYN: dystrophia. [dys + G. trophe, nourishment] adiposogenital d. a disorder characterized primarily by obesity and hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism …   Medical dictionary

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