Partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation.
Alt. of Asphyxy
Pertaining to asphyxia.
Of or relating to asphyxia; as, asphyxial phenomena.
To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.]
Alt. of Asphyxied
The act of causing asphyxia; a state of asphyxia.
Apparent death, or suspended animation; the condition which results from interruption of respiration, as in suffocation or drowning, or the inhalation of irrespirable gases.
Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.
Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.
A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc.